HMS Gipsy (H63)
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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 e
Gipsy in June 1936
A piece of Gipsy is hauled to the surface by a salvage vessel, March 1943
Three-drum boiler
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Three-drum boilers are a class of water-tube boiler used to generate steam, typically to power ships. They are compact and of high evaporative power, factors that encourage this use. Other boiler desi
HMS Gipsy (H63)
…tons (1,370 t) (standard) 1,883 long tons (1,913 t) (deep load) Length 323 ft (98.5 m) Beam 33 ft (10.1 m) Draught 12 ft 5 in (3.8 m) Installed power 3 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 34,000 shp (25,000 kW) Propulsion 2 shafts, 2 geared steam turbines Speed 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) Range 5,530 nmi (10,240 km; 6,360 mi) at 15 knots…
Three-drum boiler, casing removed
A flat of three Yarrow boilers
A Yarrow boiler, with the casing removed
A Royal Navy sailor cleans the water tubes inside a ship's boiler with a ribbon brush, c. 1939–1945.