HMS Sparrow (1889)
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.
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 and 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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