HMS Sparrow (1828)

History
United Kingdom
NameSparrow
NamesakeSparrow
Ordered20 March 1819
BuilderPembroke Dockyard
Laid downOctober 1827
Launched28 June 1828
Commissioned18 July 1828
HomeportPortsmouth Dockyard
FateBroken up, August 1860
General characteristics
Class & typeBramble-class cutter
Tons burthen163 13/94 bm
Length
  • 70 ft 9 in (21.6 m) (gundeck)
  • 52 ft 4 in (16.0 m) (keel)
Beam24 ft 3 in (7.4 m)
Draught10 ft (3.0 m)
Depth11 ft (3.4 m)
Sail planFore-and-aft rig
Complement50
Armament2 × 6-pdr cannon; 8 × 12-pdr carronades

HMS Sparrow was a 10-gun Bramble-class cutter built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s. She was broken up in August 1860.

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