Three Gipsy-class destroyers served with the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

; Osprey

HMS Osprey (1897)

HMS Osprey was a 30 knot Gipsy-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy . She was launched by Fairfield on the 7th of April 1897, served in home waters through World War I and was broken up after hostilities ended in 1919.-References:...

, Fairy

HMS Fairy (1897)

HMS Fairy was a Gipsy-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy before and during World War I. She was built by Fairfield and launched in 1897. On the last day of May in 1918 she was escorting an East Coast convoy off Flamborough Head when the merchant steamer Blaydonian sighted and...

 and Gipsy

HMS Gipsy (1897)

HMS Gipsy was a Gipsy-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy . She was launched by Fairfield on the 9th of March 1897 and served in home waters through World War I. She destroyed U-48, a U boat which had foundered on the Goodwin Sands on 24 November 1917. She was sold off in...

 were three funnelled 30 knots (58.8 km/h) C-class destroyers

C class destroyer (1913)

The C class as designated in 1913 was a heterogeneous group of torpedo boat destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the late-1890s. They were constructed to the individual designs of their builders to meet Admiralty specifications. The uniting feature of the class was a top speed of 30 knots, a...

 built by Fairfield

Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company

The Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited was a British shipbuilding company in the Govan area on the Clyde in Glasgow. Fairfields, as it is often known, was a major warship builder, turning out many vessels for the Royal Navy and other navies through the First World War and the...

 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 feet (63.7 m) long ships were armed with the standard 12-pounder gun

12-pounder gun

12-pounder gun or 12-pdr, usually denotes a gun which fired a projectile of approximately 12 pounds.Guns of this type include:* A cannon sized for a 12 pound ball, see Naval artillery in the Age of Sail*Canon de 12 de Vallière French canon of 1732...

 and two torpedo tubes and all served in the First World War

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

 in home waters.

Ships

Name	|Launched	|Fate
Osprey HMS Osprey (1897) HMS Osprey was a 30 knot Gipsy-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy . She was launched by Fairfield on the 7th of April 1897, served in home waters through World War I and was broken up after hostilities ended in 1919.-References:...	7 April 1897	Broken up in 1919
Fairy HMS Fairy (1897) HMS Fairy was a Gipsy-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy before and during World War I. She was built by Fairfield and launched in 1897. On the last day of May in 1918 she was escorting an East Coast convoy off Flamborough Head when the merchant steamer Blaydonian sighted and...	29 May 1897	Foundered 1918
Gipsy HMS Gipsy (1897) HMS Gipsy was a Gipsy-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy . She was launched by Fairfield on the 9th of March 1897 and served in home waters through World War I. She destroyed U-48, a U boat which had foundered on the Goodwin Sands on 24 November 1917. She was sold off in...	9 March 1897	Sold 1921
Leven	28 June 1898	Broken up in 1920
Falcon	29 December 1899	Collided with another vessel in 1918
Ostrich	22 March 1900	Broken up in 1920