Three Gipsy-class destroyers served with the Royal Navy; Osprey, Fairy and Gipsy were three funnelled 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 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 NameLaunchedFateOsprey7 April 1897Broken up in 1919Fairy29 May 1897Foundered 1918Gipsy9 March 1897Sold 1921Leven28 June 1898Broken up in 1920Falcon29 December 1899Collided with another vessel in 1918See 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=6004257Ostrich22 March 1900Broken up in 1920
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