HMS Osprey (1897)
Encyclopedia
HMS Osprey was a 30 knot Gipsy-class destroyer
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...
which served with the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/gypsy_class.htm. She was launched by Fairfield
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
The Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited was a British 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...
on the 7th of April 1897, served in home waters through World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
and was broken up after hostilities ended in 1919.