HMS Gipsy was a G-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s. She spent most of the pre-war period as part of the Mediterranean Fleet. The ship was transferred to the British Isles to escort shipping in local waters shortly after the beginning of World War II.

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.

GREYHOUND-Class Fleet Destroyer ordered from Fairfield of Govan under the 1933 Programme in March 1934. The ship was laid down on 4th September that year and launched on 7th November 1935 as the 5th RN warship to carry the name that dates from 1799. This name was last used in 1897 when given to a Destroyer sold in 1921.

HMS Gipsy was a G-class destroyer built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at Govan in Scotland, launched on the 7th of November 1935. She sailed with the Mediterranean Fleet, but returned to the UK soon after war broke out in 1939 for duty in the Atlantic.

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. [2] [3] Designated as a 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.

HMS Gipsy was a G-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s. She spent most of the pre-war period as part of the Mediterranean Fleet. The ship was transferred to the British Isles to escort shipping in local waters shortly after the beginning of World War II.

HMS Gipsy was a G-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s. She spent most of the pre-war period as part of the Mediterranean Fleet. The ship was transferred to the British Isles to escort shipping in local waters shortly after the beginning of World War II.

HMS Gipsy was a G-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the 1930s. She served in the Mediterranean before being transferred to escort local shipping in the British Isles during WWII. The ship struck a mine outside Harwich Dockyard and sank with the loss of 30 crew.

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Documentary recalling the World War II attack by German seaplanes on the British merchant vessel ‘HMS Gipsy’ in November 1939, using archive footage, off-camera commentary and witness interviews to recall the tragic incident.