HMS Sparrowhawk

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Six ships and a naval air station of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Sparrowhawk after the bird of prey, the Eurasian sparrowhawk:

Template:HMS was an 18-gun Template:Sclass launched in 1807 and sold in 1841.
Template:HMS was a wooden screw gunboat launched in 1856 and sold in 1872; later a merchant barque, then coal lighter, name unchanged.
Template:HMS was a survey schooner purchased in 1877. She was originally named Falcon, was HMS Lark on being purchased, but was renamed HMS Sparrowhawk three months later. She was sold in 1889.
Template:HMS was a Template:Sclass launched in 1895 and wrecked in 1904.
Template:HMS was an Template:Sclass launched in 1912. She was sunk at the Battle of Jutland on 1 June 1916 after colliding with Template:HMS.
Template:HMS was an Template:Sclass2 launched in 1918 and scrapped in 1931.
HMS Sparrowhawk was the name given to Royal Naval Air Station Hatston, a naval air station of the Fleet Air Arm during World War II .

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