HMS Sparrowhawk (1895)

HMS Sparrowhawk in Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, Canada, circa 1898.
History
United Kingdom
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
General characteristics
Class and type	Quail-class destroyer
Displacement	355 long tons (361 t) light 415 long tons (422 t) full load
Length	218 ft (66.4 m)
Beam	21 ft 6 in (6.55 m)
Draught	9 ft 6 in (2.90 m)
Propulsion	Triple expansion steam engines Coal-fired Normand boilers 6,300 hp (4,698 kW)
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	63
Armament	1 × QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun L/40 naval gun 5 × 6-pdr (57 mm) guns 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes

HMS Sparrowhawk was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was completed by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, and was launched on 8 October 1895.^[1] She served on the China Station and was wrecked in the mouth of the Yangtze River in 1904.^[2] She was one of four Quail-class destroyers.