Gipsy-class destroyer

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|Name=Gipsy class

|Builders= Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, Scotland

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|Built range= 1896–1901

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|In commission range= 1895–1919

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|Total ships completed=6

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|Total ships lost=2

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|Ship type=Torpedo boat destroyer

|Ship displacement={{convert|350|LT|t|0|abbr=on}}

|Ship length={{convert|209.75|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|Ship beam={{convert|21|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}

|Ship draught={{convert|8|ft|2|in|m|1|abbr=on}}

|Ship propulsion=*Triple expansion steam engines

|Ship speed= {{convert|30|kn|lk=in}}

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|Ship complement= 63

|Ship armament=*1 × QF 12-pounder gun

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Three Gipsy-class destroyers served with the Royal Navy;{{cite web|url=http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/gypsy_class.htm|title=Gypsy class at BattleshipsCruisers.co.uk|accessdate=2009-04-03}} Osprey, Fairy and Gipsy were three funnelled {{convert|30|kn|km/h|sing=on}} 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 {{convert|209|ft|m|sing=on}} 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
Osprey7 April 1897Broken up in 1919
Fairy29 May 1897Foundered 1918
Gipsy9 March 1897Sold 1921
Leven28 June 1898Broken up in 1920{{cite web|url=http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/hms_leven.htm|title=Leven at BattleshipsCruisers.co.uk|accessdate=2009-04-03}}
Falcon29 December 1899Collided 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
Ostrich22 March 1900Broken up in 1920

See also

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References

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Category:Destroyer classes

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