Gipsy-class destroyer
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Gipsy class |
| Builders: | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, Scotland |
| Operators: |
 Royal Navy
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| 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: |
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| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement: | 63 |
| Armament: | |
Three Gipsy-class destroyers served with the Royal Navy;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.
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