HMS Sparrow (1889)
HMS Sparrow | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Royal NavyUnited Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Sparrow |
| Builder | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock |
| Cost | £39,000 |
| Yard number | 261 |
| Laid down | 1888 |
| Launched | 26 September 1889 |
| Commissioned | 13 May 1890 |
| Decommissioned | 1904 |
| New Zealand GovernmentNew Zealand | |
| Name | NZS Amokura |
| In service | October 1906 |
| Out of service | December 1921 |
| Fate | Sold as a coal hulk in February 1922 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Redbreast-class gunboat |
| Displacement | 805 tons |
| Length | 165 ft 0 in (50.3 m) pp |
| Beam | 31 ft 0 in (9.4 m) |
| Draught | 11 ft 0 in (3.35 m) min, 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m) max |
| Installed power | 1,200 ihp (890 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | Barquentine-rigged |
| Speed | 13 kn (24 km/h) |
| Range | 2,500 nmi (4,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) |
| Complement | 76 |
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HMS Sparrow was a Redbreast-class gunboat launched in 1889, the sixth Royal Navy ship to bear the name. She became the New Zealand training ship NZS Amokura in 1906 and was sold in 1922.