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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.

Ships

Name Launched Pennant Fate
Falcon P31 (6 Dec 1914-1 Sep 1915), D15 (1 Sep 1915-1 Jan 1918), D36(1 Jan 1918-1 Apr 1918) 29 December 1899 Collided with another vessel in 1918[1][2]
Leven 28 June 1898 P33(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 1900 P56(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

References

  1. ^ a b "Falcon class at BattleshipsCruisers.co.uk". Retrieved 3 April 2009.
  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 3 April 2009.