Name | Sparrowhawk (1856) | Explanation |
Type | Gunvessel |
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Launched | 9 February 1856 |
Hull | Wooden |
Propulsion | Screw |
Builders measure | 676 tons |
Displacement | |
Guns | 4 |
Fate | 1872 |
Class | Vigilant |
Ships book | ADM 135/441 |
Note | |
Snippets concerning this vessels career |
Date | Event |
(5 April 1856) | Commanded by Commander Samuel Gurney Cresswell |
18 July 1857 | Commanded (from commissioning at Portsmouth) by Commander John Clarke Byng, East Indies and China |
2 June 1868 - 5 October 1872 | Commanded (until paying off) by Commander Henry Wentworth Mist, Pacific |