Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. HMS Sparrowhawk was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was completed by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, and was launched on October 8, 1895. She served on the China station was wrecked in the mouth of the Yangtze 1904. She was one of four Quail-class destroyers. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of HM Armed Forces (and is therefore known as the Senior Service).