Gipsy-class destroyer

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.

Class overview
Name:	Gipsy class
Builders:	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, Scotland
Operators:	Royal Navy
Built:	1896–1901
In commission:	1895–1919
Completed:	6
Lost:	2
Scrapped:	4
General characteristics
Type:	Torpedo boat destroyer
Displacement:	350 long tons (356 t)
Length:	209.75 ft (63.93 m)
Beam:	21 ft (6.4 m)
Draught:	8 ft 2 in (2.5 m)
Propulsion:	Triple expansion steam engines Coal-fired Normand boilers 6,300 hp (4,698 kW)
Speed:	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement:	63
Armament:	1 × QF 12-pounder gun 2 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes

Ships

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

Media related to Gipsy class destroyer at Wikimedia Commons

References

1. "Gypsy class at BattleshipsCruisers.co.uk". Retrieved 3 April 2009.
2. "Leven at BattleshipsCruisers.co.uk". Retrieved 3 April 2009.
3. "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