Falcon-class destroyer

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The Falcon-class destroyers were a batch of three destroyers, built for the Royal Navy between 1899 and 1901 and serving in the First World War. The destroyers were sometimes referred to as the Falcon-class, after the lead ship of the batch HMS Falcon, however they were officially classified as part of the Gipsy-class.

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HMS <i>Falcon</i> (1899) Gipsy-class destroyer

HMS Falcon was a Fairfield three funnel, 30 knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1898 – 1899 Naval Estimates. She spent her life in Home waters, was part of the Dover Patrol during World War I and was lost in a collision on 1 April 1918.

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.

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Ships

NameLaunchedPennantFate
Falcon P31 (6 Dec 1914-1 Sep 1915), D15 (1 Sep 1915-1 Jan 1918), D36(1 Jan 1918-1 Apr 1918)29 December 1899Collided with another vessel in 1918 [1] [2]
Leven 28 June 1898P33(6 Dec 1914-1 Sep 1915), D62(1 Sep 1915-1 Jan 1918), D51(1 Jan 1918-14 Sep 1920)Sold for breaking, 14 September 1920 [3]
Ostrich 22 March 1900P56(6 Dec 1914-1 Sep 1915), D65(1 Sep 1915-29 Apr 1920)Sold for breaking, 29 April 1920 [1]

See also

Gipsy-class destroyer

C-class destroyer (1913)

List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy

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References

  1. 1 2 "Falcon class at BattleshipsCruisers.co.uk" . Retrieved 2009-04-03.
  2. ↑ See British National Archives ADM 1/8522/112 "Court Martial on loss of HMS FALCON in collision with HM Armed Trawler JOHN FITZGERALD" http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=6004257
  3. ↑ "Leven at BattleshipsCruisers.co.uk" . Retrieved 2009-04-03.


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