Editing HMS Sparrowhawk

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Six ships and a naval air station of the [[Royal Navy]] have been named '''HMS ''Sparrowhawk''''' after the bird of prey, the [[Eurasian sparrowhawk]]:

* {{HMS|Sparrowhawk|1807}} was an 18-gun {{sclass|Cruizer|brig-sloop}} launched in 1807 and sold in 1841.
* {{HMS|Sparrowhawk|1856}} was a wooden screw [[gunboat]] launched in 1856 and sold in 1872; later a merchant barque, then coal lighter, name unchanged.
* {{HMS|Sparrowhawk|1877}} 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.
* {{HMS|Sparrowhawk|1895}} was a {{sclass|Quail|destroyer}} launched in 1895 and wrecked in 1904.
* {{HMS|Sparrowhawk|1912}} was an {{sclass|Acasta|destroyer|2}} launched in 1912. She was sunk at the [[Battle of Jutland]] on 1 June 1916 after colliding with {{HMS|Broke|1914|6}}.
* {{HMS|Sparrowhawk|1918}} was an {{sclass2|S|destroyer|2||1917}} launched in 1918 and scrapped in 1931.
* [[RNAS Hatston (HMS Sparrowhawk)|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]] .

==See also==
* {{HMS|Sparrow}}

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