HMS Sparrow (1796) was the 12-gun mercantile
cutterRattler. Rattler had been launched in 1780, probably under another name, had received a
letter of marque in 1793, and then between 1793 and 1796 had served the Royal Navy as a
hired armed cutter. The Navy purchased her in 1796 and she captured a number of merchant vessels in the Caribbean. Sparrow was broken up in 1805.
HMS Sparrow (1889) was a composite screw gunboat launched in 1889. She was transferred to the
New Zealand government in 1906 as the
training shipNZS Amokura. She was sold as a coal hulk in 1922 and was broken up in 1958.
HMS Sparrow (1909) was the
trawlerJosephine purchased from civilian service in 1909 and refitted as a
minesweeping training ship for men of the fishery reserve. She was renamed Josephine in January 1920 and sold back into civilian service as Orion in May 1920. She was broken up in 1939.
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list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
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HMS Sparrow (1796) was the 12-gun mercantile
cutterRattler. Rattler had been launched in 1780, probably under another name, had received a
letter of marque in 1793, and then between 1793 and 1796 had served the Royal Navy as a
hired armed cutter. The Navy purchased her in 1796 and she captured a number of merchant vessels in the Caribbean. Sparrow was broken up in 1805.
HMS Sparrow (1889) was a composite screw gunboat launched in 1889. She was transferred to the
New Zealand government in 1906 as the
training shipNZS Amokura. She was sold as a coal hulk in 1922 and was broken up in 1958.
HMS Sparrow (1909) was the
trawlerJosephine purchased from civilian service in 1909 and refitted as a
minesweeping training ship for men of the fishery reserve. She was renamed Josephine in January 1920 and sold back into civilian service as Orion in May 1920. She was broken up in 1939.
This article includes a
list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.