class destroyer built royal_navy 1930s spent pre war period mediterranean_fleet ship transferred british isles escort shipping local waters shortly beginning world war month arrival struck outside sank loss crew wreck salvaged slowly scrapped course war description displaced long tons standard load long tons deep load ship overall length feet beam feet draught feet inches powered parsons geared steam turbines driving shafts developed total shaft horsepower gave maximum speed knots mph steam turbines provided admiralty drum water tube boilers carried maximum long tons fuel oil gave range nautical miles knots mph ship complement officers men peacetime ship mounted calibre inch mark guns single mounts anti aircraft defence quadruple mark mounts inch vickers machine gun fitted water quadruple torpedo tube mounts inch torpedoes rail depth charge throwers fitted depth charges originally carried increased shortly war began service laid scotland september launched november completed february excluding government furnished equipment like armament ship cost aside brief period assigned 20th destroyer flotilla home fleet commissioning spent pre war period assigned 1st destroyer flotilla mediterranean_fleet refitted june july outbreak war september deployed 1st destroyer flotilla patrols control based alexandria entire flotilla transferred plymouth october november collided sister ship route new assignment 22nd destroyer flotilla slightly damaged ship rescued german airmen outside harbour november returned port turn army later evening set destroyers griffin keith patrol north_sea struck magnetic amidships outside harbour possibly laid aircraft crew rescued earlier day sank thirty crew including captain killed survivors rescued destroyers ship wreck upright bridge visible high tide blocked channel plating amidships held main sections wreck cut explosives salvage began shortly sinking halves raised subsequently broken long tons scrap long tons non metals recovered june february
HMS Gipsy (H63)