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HMS
Gipsy
(or
Gipsey
) has been the name of several
Royal Navy
ships:
HMS
Gipsy
(1799)
, a
schooner
in service from 1799 to 1804 that captured several French privateers.
HMS
Gipsy
(1804)
, a schooner purchased in Jamaica in 1804 and sold in 1808.
HMS
Gipsy
(1836)
, a schooner tender launched in 1836 and sold in 1892.
HMS
Gipsy
(1897)
, a
C-class
destroyer
launched in 1897 and sold in 1921. The hull was used as a pontoon until at least 1937.
HMS
Gipsy
(H63)
, a
G-class
destroyer launched in 1935 and mined on 21 November 1939 off Harwich.
Gypsy
, the former Gravesend ferry
Carlotta
, requisitioned as a depot ship for the auxiliary patrol service. Bombed at Tower Pier, London in 1941
References
Colledge, J. J.
; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969].
Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy
(Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing.
ISBN
978-1-86176-281-8
.
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