Gipsy-class destroyer

	HMS Fairy
Class overview
Name	Gipsy class
Builders	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, Scotland
Operators	Royal Navy
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	Triple expansion steam engines; Coal-fired Normand boilers; 6,300 hp (4,698 kW);
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	63
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder gun; 2 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes;

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.

Class overview
HMS Fairy
Name	Gipsy class
Builders	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, Scotland
Operators	Royal Navy
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	Triple expansion steam engines Coal-fired Normand boilers 6,300 hp (4,698 kW)
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	63
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder gun 2 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes