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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
In mid-1913, she was with the {{UK-DF|6}}. | In mid-1913, she was with the {{UK-DF|6}}.{{NLJul13|p. 319}} | ||
With the assistance of some drifters, she sank the {{DE-U48}} by gunfire off Goodwin Sands on 24 November, 1917.{{HardLying|p. 62}} | With the assistance of some drifters, she sank the {{DE-U48}} by gunfire off Goodwin Sands on 24 November, 1917.{{HardLying|p. 62}} | ||
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| H.M.S. Gipsy (1897) | |
|---|---|
| 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.
- Lieutenant in Command John J. C. Ridley, 18 November, 1913[10]
- Lieutenant in Command Edmond M. Bowly, 14 April, 1914[11]
- Lieutenant in Command William W. Skynner, 9 April, 1915[12]
- Lieutenant in Command Leslie T. Creery Hill, 9 January, 1916[13]
- Acting Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Frederick W. Robinson, 16 March, 1917[14]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Charles S. C. Steen, 14 October, 1918[15]
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. (April, 1914). p. 320.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 322.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394i.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 394q.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 394i.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 801.
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