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Gipsy-class Destroyer
Three ''Gipsy''-class destroyers served with the Royal Navy; ''Osprey'', ''Fairy'' and ''Gipsy'' were three funnelled 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 long ships were armed with the standard 12-pounder gun 12-pounder gun or 12-pdr, usually denotes a gun which fired a projectile of approximately 12 pounds. Guns of this type include: *12-pounder long gun, the naval muzzle-loader of the Age of Sail *Canon de 12 de Vallière, French cannon of 1732 *Cano ... and two torpedo tubes and all served in the First World War in home waters. Ships See also References Destroyer classes {{UK-mil-ship-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairfield Shipbuilding And Engineering Company
The Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited was a Scottish shipbuilding company in the Govan area on the Clyde in Glasgow. Fairfields, as it is often known, was a major warship builder, turning out many vessels for the Royal Navy and other navies through the First World War and the Second World War. It also built many transatlantic liners, including record-breaking ships for the Cunard Line and Canadian Pacific, such as the Blue Riband-winning sisters RMS ''Campania'' and RMS ''Lucania''. At the other end of the scale, Fairfields built fast cross-channel mail steamers and ferries for locations around the world. These included ships for the Bosporus crossing in Istanbul and some of the early ships used by Thomas Cook for developing tourism on the River Nile. John Elder & Co and predecessors Millwright Randolph & Elliott Charles Randolph founded the company as Randolph & Co. He had been an apprentice at the Clyde shipyard of Robert Napier, and at William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Gipsy (1897)
HMS ''Gipsy'' was a Fairfield-built three-funnel, 30 knot torpedo boat destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates. She was the fourth ship to carry this name.''Jane’s All the World's Fighting Ships'' (1898), pp.84-85''Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I'' (1919), p.76 Designated as a C class destroyer (1913), C-class destroyer in 1913, ''Gipsy'' served on patrol in the First World War operating out of Dover. She was sold for breaking in 1921. Construction and career An invitation to tender was sent out on 5 October 1895. She was laid down as yard no 395 on 1 October 1896 at the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Fairfield shipyard at Govan, Glasgow and launched on 9 March 1897. During her builder's trials she made her contracted speed requirement. She was completed and accepted by the Royal Navy in July 1898. In April 1901 she was commissioned at HMNB Devonport, Devonport dockyard by Lieutenant commander#Origins, Lieutenant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fighting occurring throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and parts of Asia. An estimated 9 million soldiers were killed in combat, plus another 23 million wounded, while 5 million civilians died as a result of military action, hunger, and disease. Millions more died in genocides within the Ottoman Empire and in the 1918 influenza pandemic, which was exacerbated by the movement of combatants during the war. Prior to 1914, the European great powers were divided between the Triple Entente (comprising France, Russia, and Britain) and the Triple Alliance (containing Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy). Tensions in the Balkans came to a head on 28 June 1914, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
12-pounder Gun
12-pounder gun or 12-pdr, usually denotes a gun which fired a projectile of approximately 12 pounds. Guns of this type include: *12-pounder long gun, the naval muzzle-loader of the Age of Sail *Canon de 12 de Vallière, French cannon of 1732 *Canon de 12 Gribeauval, French field cannon of the mid-late 18th century *Canon lourd de 12 Gribeauval, French heavy cannon of the mid-late 18th century *Canon obusier de 12, French 12-pounder cannon-howitzer of 1853. Known in the US as "12 pounder Napoleon" *M1841 12-pounder howitzer, American howitzer having the same caliber (4.62 inches) as a 12-pounder field gun *One of the Dahlgren guns of the American Civil War * Ordnance BL 12 pounder 7 cwt, British field gun, 1885–1892 *Ordnance QF 12 pounder 8 cwt, British naval landing gun, late 19th century and early 20th century *Ordnance BL 12 pounder 6 cwt, British light field gun, 1894–1916 *QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun, British "Long 12" of 1890s–1940s *QF 12 pounder 12 cwt AA gun, Briti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Ostrich (1900)
HMS ''Ostrich'' was a Fairfield three-funnel, 30-knot torpedo boat destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1898 – 1899 Naval Estimates. In 1913 she was grouped as a C-class destroyer. She was the first Royal Navy ship to carry this name.Jane 1898, pp. 84–85.Moore 1990, p. 76. She spent most of her operational career in home waters, operating with the Channel Fleet as part of the Portsmouth Instructional Flotilla, and was sold for breaking in 1920. Construction and description On 30 March 1899, the British Admiralty placed an order with the shipbuilder Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company for two "Thirty-Knotter" torpedo-boat destroyers, and ''Ostrich''.Lyon 2001, pp. 23–24.Lyon 2001, p. 89. As with other early Royal Navy destroyers, the design of ''Ostrich'' was left to the builder, with the Admiralty laying down only broad requirements.Chesneau and Kolesnik 1979, p. 87.Manning 1961, p. 39. ''Ostrich'' was long overall and between perpendiculars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Falcon (1899)
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. Construction and career She was laid down as yard number 412 on 26 June 1899 at the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company shipyard at Govan, Glasgow and launched on 29 December 1899. During her builder's trials she made her contracted speed requirement. She was completed and accepted by the Royal Navy in December 1901.''Jane’s All the World's Fighting Ships'' (1898), pp.84-85''Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I'' (1919), p.76 She spent her operational career only in home waters operating with the Channel Fleet. ''Falcon'' was commissioned at Devonport on 4 January 1902 and was assigned to the Channel Fleet to serve in the instructional flotilla at Portsmouth. Commander Roger Keyes was appointed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Leven (1898)
HMS ''Leven'' was a Fairfield "30-knotter" destroyer of the Royal Navy, later classified as part of the C class. It was built in 1898–1899, and served with the Royal Navy through to the First World War, sinking a German U-boat in 1918. ''Leven'' was sold for scrapping in 1920. Construction HMS ''Leven'' was ordered from the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, Glasgow, as part of the British Admiralty's 1897–1898 shipbuilding programme, one of six "Thirty-Knotter" destroyers ordered in that programme, at a contract cost of £52,407.Lyon 2001, p. 89.Lyon 2001, pp. 23–24. As with other early Royal Navy destroyers, the design of ''Leven'' was left to the builder, with the Admiralty laying down only broad requirements.Chesneau and Kolesnik 1979, p. 87.Manning 1961, p. 39. ''Leven''s design was a near repeat of the three Thirty-Knotters ( ''Fairey'', ''Falcon'' and ''Gipsy'') ordered as part of the previous 1896–1897 construction programme, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thornycroft
Thornycroft was an English vehicle manufacturer which built coaches, buses, and trucks from 1896 until 1977. History In 1896, naval engineer John Isaac Thornycroft formed the Thornycroft Steam Carriage and Van Company which built its first steam van. This was exhibited at the Crystal Palace Show, and could carry a load of 1 ton. It was fitted with a Thornycroft marine launch-type boiler (Thornycroft announced a new boiler designed for its steam carriages in October 1897). The engine was a twin-cylinder compound engine arranged so that high-pressure steam could be admitted to the low-pressure cylinder to give extra power for hill-climbing. A modified version of the steam wagon with a 6-cubic-yard tipper body was developed for Chiswick council in 1896 and went into service as a very early self-propelled dust-cart. While the original 1896 wagon had front-wheel drive with rear-wheel steering, the tipper dust-cart had rear-wheel drive and front-wheel steering. The Thornycro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
C Class Destroyer (1913)
The C class as designated in 1913 was a heterogeneous group of torpedo boat destroyers (TBDs) built for the Royal Navy in the late-1890s. They were constructed to the individual designs of their builders to meet Admiralty specifications. The uniting feature of the class was a top speed of 30 knots, a "turtleback" forecastle and that they all had three funnels. The funnels were spaced equidistantly and were of equal height, but the central one was thicker. In 1913 all "30 knotter" vessels with 3 funnels were classified by the Admiralty as the "C" class to provide some system to the naming of HM destroyers (at the same time, the 4-funnelled, "30 knotters" became the "B" class and the 2-funnelled ships the "D" class). All vessels had the distinctive turtleback that was intended to clear water from the bows but actually tended to dig the bow in to anything of a sea, resulting in a very wet conning position and poor seaboats that were unable to reach top speed in anything but perfe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Fairy (1897)
HMS ''Fairy'' was a three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer of the First World War. One of three similar ships built by Fairfields for the Royal Navy, she was ordered under the 1896–1897 Naval Estimates and the sixth Royal Navy ship to carry this name. She was classified, along with other similar ships, as a C-class destroyer in 1913. She sank in 1918 from damage inflicted by ramming and sinking the German submarine . Construction and career She was laid down as Yard No 396 on 19 October 1896, at the Fairfield shipyard at Govan, Glasgow, and launched on 29 May 1897. During her builder's trials, she made her contracted speed requirement. She was completed and accepted by the Royal Navy in August 1898. After commissioning she was assigned to the Channel Fleet. She spent her operational career mainly in Home Waters operating with the Channel Fleet as part of the East Coast Flotilla. On 2 February 1900, she was commissioned as tender to HMS ''Vivid'', shore establishment at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Govan
Govan ( ; Cumbric?: ''Gwovan'?''; Scots: ''Gouan''; Scottish Gaelic: ''Baile a' Ghobhainn'') is a district, parish, and former burgh now part of south-west City of Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated west of Glasgow city centre, on the south bank of the River Clyde, opposite the mouth of the River Kelvin and the district of Partick. Historically it was part of the County of Lanark. In the early medieval period, the site of the present Govan Old churchyard was established as a Christian centre for the Brittonic Kingdom of Alt Clut (Dumbarton Rock) and its successor realm, the Kingdom of Strathclyde. This latter kingdom, established in the aftermath of the Viking siege and capture of Alt Clut by Vikings from Dublin in AD 870, created the sandstone sculptures known today as the Govan Stones. Govan was the site of a ford and later a ferry which linked the area with Partick for seasonal cattle drovers. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, textile mills and coal mining were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Osprey (1897)
HMS ''Osprey'' was a three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1896–1897 Naval Estimates from Fairfields. She was the fifth ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1797 for an 18-gun ship-sloop. Construction and career She was laid down as yard number 397 on 14 November 1896 at the Fairfield shipyard at Govan, Glasgow and launched on 7 April 1897. During her builder's trials, she made her contracted speed requirement. She was completed and accepted by the Royal Navy in July 1898. After commissioning she was assigned to the Portsmouth Flotilla of the 1st Fleet. On 2 February 1900 she was commissioned as tender to HMS ''Vivid'', shore establishment at Devonport, for service in the Devonport Instructional flotilla, and Lieutenant Godfrey Edwin Corbett was appointed in command. In May 1902 she underwent repairs to re-tube her boilers. ''Osprey'', a member of the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla based at Portsmouth,Manning 1961, p. 25. col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
