Falcon-class destroyer
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The Falcon-class destroyers were a batch of three destroyers, built for the Royal Navy between 1899 and 1901 and serving in the First World War. The destroyers were sometimes referred to as the Falcon-class, after the lead ship of the batch HMS Falcon, however they were officially classified as part of the Gipsy-class.
Ships
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| Name
!Launched !Pennant !Fate |
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| Falcon
|P31 (6 Dec 1914-1 Sep 1915), D15 (1 Sep 1915-1 Jan 1918), D36(1 Jan 1918-1 Apr 1918) |29 December 1899 |Collided with another vessel in 1918{{cite web|url=http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/destroyers_before_1900.htm|title=Falcon class at BattleshipsCruisers.co.uk|accessdate=2009-04-03}}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 |
| Leven
|28 June 1898 |P33(6 Dec 1914-1 Sep 1915), D62(1 Sep 1915-1 Jan 1918), D51(1 Jan 1918-14 Sep 1920) |Sold for breaking, 14 September 1920{{cite web|url=http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/hms_leven.htm|title=Leven at BattleshipsCruisers.co.uk|accessdate=2009-04-03}} |
| Ostrich
|22 March 1900 |P56(6 Dec 1914-1 Sep 1915), D65(1 Sep 1915-29 Apr 1920) |
See also
References
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Category:Destroyers of the Royal Navy
Category:Ship classes of the Royal Navy
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