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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 "C" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — 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 & Commander (T) Edmund J. Prendergast, 11 July, 1899^[10] (lent for manoeuvres)
Lieutenant & Commander Harry L. Wells, April, 1901^[11] – March, 1902^[Inference]
Lieutenant & Commander John G. de O. Coke, 18 March, 1902^[12]^[13] – 18 March, 1902^[14] (seemingly, appointed out the same day to Dasher)
Commander William G. E. Ruck-Keene, 1 August, 1902^[15] – 8 January, 1903^[16]
Commander Roger J. B. Keyes, 8 April, 1903^[17] – 1 May, 1903^[18]
Commander Sydney S. Hall, 14 May, 1903^[19]
Commander Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, 12 January, 1904^[20] – 10 February, 1904^[21]
Commander Cecil F. Lambert, 14 July, 1904^[22] – 30 August, 1904^[23] (for manoeuvres)
Captain Geoffrey B. Spicer-Simson, 30 August, 1904^[24]
Lieutenant & Commander William G. Howard, 28 May, 1906^[25]
Commander John G. de O. Coke, 29 January, 1908^[26]^[27] – 29 September, 1908^[28]
Lieutenant & Commander Charles E. L. Thomas, 29 September, 1908 – 8 January, 1909
Lieutenant & Commander Stephen H. Morres, 16 January, 1909^[29]
Lieutenant & Commander Henry C. Rawlings, May, 1910^[30] – 15 August, 1910^[31]
Lieutenant in Command John J. C. Ridley, 18 November, 1913^[32]
Lieutenant in Command Edmond M. Bowly, 14 April, 1914^[33] – 1915
Lieutenant in Command William W. Skynner, 9 April, 1915^[34] – January, 1916^{[Fact Check]}
Lieutenant in Command Leslie T. Creery Hill, 9 January, 1916^[35] – early 1917
Acting Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Frederick W. Robinson, 16 March, 1917^[36]
Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Charles S. C. Steen, 14 October, 1918^[37]

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.
↑ Prendergast Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 247.
↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Saturday, 20 April 1901. (36434), p. 9.
↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Wednesday, 5 March 1902. (36707), p. 5.
↑ Coke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/399. f. 441.
↑ Coke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/399. f. 441.
↑ Ruck-Keene Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 451.
↑ Ruck-Keene Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 451.
↑ Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 277.
↑ Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 277.
↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 260.
↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
↑ Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 253/510.
↑ Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 253/510.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 318.
↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 320.
↑ Coke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/399. f. 441.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 320.
↑ Coke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/399. f. 441.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 321.
↑ Rawlings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/96. f. 500.
↑ Rawlings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/96. f. 500.
↑ 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.

Bibliography

[1] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.

[2] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.

[3] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.

[4] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.

[5] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.

[6] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.

[7] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.

[8] The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 319.

[9] Smith. Hard Lying. p. 62.

[10] Prendergast Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 247.

[11] "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Saturday, 20 April 1901. (36434), p. 9.

[12] "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Wednesday, 5 March 1902. (36707), p. 5.

[13] Coke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/399. f. 441.

[14] Coke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/399. f. 441.

[15] Ruck-Keene Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 451.

[16] Ruck-Keene Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 451.

[17] Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 277.

[18] Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 277.

[19] The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 260.

[20] Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.

[21] Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.

[22] Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 253/510.

[23] Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 253/510.

[24] The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 318.

[25] The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 320.

[26] Coke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/399. f. 441.

[27] The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 320.

[28] Coke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/399. f. 441.

[29] The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 321.

[30] Rawlings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/96. f. 500.

[31] Rawlings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/96. f. 500.

[32] The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 320.

[33] The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 322.

[34] The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394i.

[35] The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 394q.

[36] The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 394i.

[37] The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 801.

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