HMS Gipsy (1897)

Gipsy's sister-ship, Fairy
History
United Kingdom
Name	Gipsy
Ordered	1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan
Cost	£54,363[1]
Yard number	395[1]
Laid down	1 October 1896
Launched	9 March 1897
Commissioned	July 1898
Out of service	December 1918
Fate	Sold for breaking, 17 March 1921
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Fairfield three-funnel, 30 knot destroyer
Displacement	355 long tons (361 t) standard 400 long tons (406 t) full load
Length	215 ft 6 in (65.68 m) oa
Beam	21 ft (6.4 m)
Draught	8 ft 2 in (2.49 m)
Installed power	6,300 ihp (4,700 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Thornycroft water tube boilers 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines 2 shafts
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range	85 tons coal 1,615 nmi (2,991 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
Complement	63 officers and men
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I L/40 naval gun on a P Mark I low angle mount 5 × QF 6-pdr 8 cwt naval gun on a Mark I* low angle mount 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes

HMS Gipsy was a Fairfield-built three-funnel, 30 knot torpedo boat destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates. She was the fourth ship to carry this name.^[2][3] Designated as a C-class destroyer in 1913, Gipsy served on patrol in the First World War operating out of Dover. She was sold for breaking in 1921.