Sparrowhawk 1913

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Name:	SPARROWHAWK
Type:	Destroyer
Keel:	25/10/1911
Launched:	12/10/1912
Completed:	02/05/1913
Builder:	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard:	Wallsend
Yard Number:	905
Dimensions:	935disp, 260.0 x 27.0 x 8.7(draft)ft
Engines:	2 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, 24500shp
Engines by:	Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion:	2 x Screws, 31.0knots
Construction:	Steel
Armament:	3 x 1 x 4.0ins QF guns; 2 x 1 x 21.0ins torpedoes

History:
02/05/1913	British Royal Navy
31/05/1916	Sank

Comments:	Member of the Admiralty Acasta Class of destroyers
	31/05/1916: Damaged after collisions with BROKE & CONTEST at the Battle of Jutland
	31/05/1916: Attempted tow failed, so scuttled by gunfire from MARKSMAN