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| Name | Sparrowhawk (1856) | Explanation | |
| Type | Gunvessel | ||
| 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 | ||
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