Difference between revisions of "H.M.S. Sparrow (1889)"
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Revision as of 17:16, 2 August 2015
| H.M.S. Sparrow (1889) | |
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| Builder: | Scott's[1] |
| Launched: | 26 Sep, 1889[Citation needed] |
| Commissioned: | 13 May, 1890[2] |
| Sold: | Feb, 1922[Citation needed] |
H.M.S. Sparrow was one of nine gunboats of the Redbreast class completed for the Royal Navy around 1890.
Service
Commissioned on 13 May, 1890 at Sheerness under the command of Lieutenant & Commander Peyton Hoskyns.[3]
In 1913, she was attached to Vernon.[4]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant & Commander Peyton Hoskyns, 13 May, 1890[5]
- Lieutenant Ernest E. Lowe, 5 December, 1911[6]
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
| Redbreast Class Gunboat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Magpie | Redbreast | Redpole | Ringdove | Lapwing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Goldfinch | Thrush | Sparrow | Widgeon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| <– | Pigmy Class | Small Fry (UK) | Alarm Class | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| <– | Pigmy Class | Gunboats (UK) | Heron Class | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
