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Gipsy-class destroyer

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HMS Fairy
Class overview
NameGipsy class
BuildersFairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, Scotland
Operators Royal Navy
Built1896–1901
In commission1895–1919
Completed6
Lost2
Scrapped4
General characteristics
TypeTorpedo boat destroyer
Displacement350 long tons (356 t)
Length209.75 ft (63.93 m)
Beam21 ft (6.4 m)
Draught8 ft 2 in (2.5 m)
Propulsion
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement63
Armament

Three Gipsy-class destroyers served with the Royal Navy;[1] Osprey, Fairy and Gipsy were three funnelled 30-knot (56 km/h) C-class destroyers built by Fairfield with Thorneycroft boilers. Leven, Falcon and Ostrich are sometime referred to as the Falcon class but are here listed under the Gipsy class. These 209-foot (64 m) long ships were armed with the standard 12-pounder gun and two torpedo tubes and all served in the First World War in home waters.

Ships

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Name Launched Fate
Osprey 7 April 1897 Broken up in 1919[1]
Fairy 29 May 1897 Foundered 1918[1]
Gipsy 9 March 1897 Sold 1921[1]
Leven 28 June 1898 Broken up in 1920[2]
Falcon 29 December 1899 Collided with another vessel in 1918[3][4]
Ostrich 22 March 1900 Broken up in 1920[3]

See also

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Media related to Gipsy class destroyer at Wikimedia Commons

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Gypsy class at BattleshipsCruisers.co.uk". Retrieved 3 April 2009.
  2. ^ "Leven at BattleshipsCruisers.co.uk". Retrieved 3 April 2009.
  3. ^ a b "Falcon class at BattleshipsCruisers.co.uk". Retrieved 3 April 2009.
  4. ^ See British National Archives ADM 1/8522/112 "Court Martial on loss of HMS FALCON in collision with HM Armed Trawler JOHN FITZGERALD" http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=6004257