HMS Sparrow (1889)

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
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	Triple expansion steam engine 2 × boilers Single screw
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	As HMS Sparrow: 6 × BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) 25-pounder guns 4 × machine guns As NZS Amokura: None

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.