&sq=&lang=&file=File:HMS_Sparrow_(1889).jpg) HMS Sparrow
| |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Royal NavyUnited Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Sparrow |
| Builder | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock |
| Cost | £39,000[1] |
| Yard number | 261[1] |
| Laid down | 1888 |
| Launched | 26 September 1889[1] |
| Commissioned | 13 May 1890[2] |
| Decommissioned | 1904 |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Flag_of_New_Zealand_Government_Ships_1867.svg){kind=small} New Zealand GovernmentNew Zealand | |
| Name | NZS Amokura |
| In service | October 1906 |
| Out of service | December 1921 |
| Fate | Sold as a coal hulk in February 1922 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Redbreast-class gunboat |
| Displacement | 805 tons |
| Length | 165 ft 0 in (50.3 m) pp |
| Beam | 31 ft 0 in (9.4 m) |
| Draught | 11 ft 0 in (3.35 m) min, 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m) max |
| Installed power | 1,200 ihp (890 kW) |
| Propulsion |
|
| Sail plan | Barquentine-rigged |
| Speed | 13 kn (24 km/h) |
| Range | 2,500 nmi (4,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)[1] |
| Complement | 76 |
| Armament |
|
HMS Sparrow was a Redbreast-class gunboat launched in 1889, the sixth Royal Navy ship to bear the name. She became the New Zealand training ship NZS Amokura in 1906 and was sold in 1922.
- ^ a b c d e Winfield (2004), pp.299-300
- ^ "NZS Amokura 1906–1955 at the New Zealand Maritime Record". Archived from the original on 7 July 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2008.