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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
In mid-1913, she was with the {{UK-DF|6}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 319.</ref> | In mid-1913, she was with the {{UK-DF|6}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 319.</ref> | ||
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==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Dates of appointment are provided when known. | Dates of appointment are provided when known. | ||
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* Chief Artificer Engineer [[William Standen]], 7 November, 1911.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 319.</ref> | * Chief Artificer Engineer [[William Standen]], 7 November, 1911.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 319.</ref> | ||
*Lieutenant in Command [[John J. C. Ridley]], 18 November, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 320.</ref> | *Lieutenant in Command [[John J. C. Ridley]], 18 November, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 320.</ref> | ||
* Lieutenant in Command [[Edmond M. Bowly]], 14 April, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915). p. 322.</ref> | * Lieutenant in Command [[Edmond M. Bowly]], 14 April, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915). p. 322.</ref> | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== |
Revision as of 11:18, 17 December 2013
H.M.S. Gipsy (1897) | |
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Pendant Number: | P.23 (1914) D.58 (Sep 1915) D.43 (Jan 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Fairfield[2] |
Ordered: | 1896-97 Programme[3] |
Laid down: | 1 Oct, 1896[4] |
Launched: | 9 Mar, 1897[5] |
Commissioned: | Jul, 1898[6] |
Sold: | 1921[7] |
H.M.S. Gipsy was one of forty destroyers of the "C" class — a "30 knotter".
Service
In mid-1913, she was with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla.[8]
With the assistance of some drifters, she sank the U 48 by gunfire off Goodwin Sands on 24 November, 1917.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Chief Artificer Engineer William Standen, 7 November, 1911.[10]
- Lieutenant in Command John J. C. Ridley, 18 November, 1913.[11]
- Lieutenant in Command Edmond M. Bowly, 14 April, 1914.[12]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 319.
- ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. p. 62.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 319.
- ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 320.
- ↑ The Navy List (January, 1915). p. 322.
Bibliography