Six ships and a naval air station of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Sparrowhawk after the bird of prey, the Eurasian sparrowhawk: was an 18-gun launched in 1807 and sold in 1841. was a wooden screw gunboat launched in 1856 and sold in 1872; later a merchant barque, then coal lighter, name unchanged. was a survey schooner purchased in 1877. She was originally named Falcon, was HMS Lark on being purchased, but was renamed HMS Sparrowhawk three months later. She was sold in 1889. was a launched in 1895 and wrecked in 1904. was an launched in 1912. She was sunk at the Battle of Jutland on 1 June 1916 after colliding with . was an launched in 1918 and scrapped in 1931. HMS Sparrowhawk was the name given to RNAS Hatston, a naval air station of the Fleet Air Arm during World War II . See also Royal Navy ship names