HMS Sparrowhawk (1895)
In Burrard Inlet, BC, Canada circa 1898
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| Name: | HMS Sparrowhawk |
| Builder: | Laird, Son & Co., Birkenhead |
| Yard number: | 607 |
| Laid down: | 30 May 1895 |
| Launched: | 8 October 1895 |
| Commissioned: | July 1897 |
| Fate: | Wrecked, 17 June 1904 |
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| Class and type: | Quail-class destroyer |
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| Length: | 218 ft (66.4 m) |
| Beam: | 21 ft 6 in (6.55 m) |
| Draught: | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) |
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| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement: | 63 |
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HMS Sparrowhawk was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was completed by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, and was launched on 8 October 1895. She served on the China Station and was wrecked in the mouth of the Yangtze River in 1904. She was one of four Quail-class destroyers.
HMS Sparrowhawk was the second of four 30-knot destroyers ordered from Laird's as part of the 1894–1895 Royal Navy shipbuilding programme. As with other early Royal Navy destroyers, the detailed design was left to the builder, with the Admiralty laying down only broad requirements. In order to meet the contract speed of 30 knots (35 mph; 56 km/h), Laird's design was powered by two four-cylinder triple expansion steam engines, fed by four Normand boilers, rated at 6,300 ihp (4,700 kW), and was fitted with four funnels.
The ship had an overall length of 218 feet (66.45 m), a beam of 21 feet 6 inches (6.55 m) and a draught of 9 feet 6 inches (2.90 m). Displacement was 355 long tons (361 t) light and 415 long tons (422 t) full load, while crew was 63. Armament consisted of a QF 12 pounder 12 cwt (3 in (76 mm) calibre) gun on a platform on the ship's conning tower (in practice the platform was also used as the ship's bridge), with a secondary armament of five 6-pounder guns, and two 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes.
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