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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Henry Willcox Osburn|nick=Henry W. Osburn|appt=16 October, 1901<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Saturday, October 12, 1901. Issue '''36584''', col D, p. 10.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Henry Willcox Osburn|nick=Henry W. Osburn|appt=16 October, 1901<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Saturday, October 12, 1901. Issue '''36584''', col D, p. 10.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Brian Herbert Fairbairn Barttelot|nick=Brian H. F. Barttelot|appt=1 August, 1902<ref>Barttelot Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579100}} f. 238.</ref>|end=3 Aprilo, 1903<ref>Barttelot Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579100}} f. 238.</ref>}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant & Commander|name=Stuart Elton Holder|nick=Stuart E. Holder|appt=8 November, 1912{{NLMar13|p. 313-5}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant & Commander|name=Stuart Elton Holder|nick=Stuart E. Holder|appt=8 November, 1912{{NLMar13|p. 313-5}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Henry Coppinger|nick=Robert H. Coppinger|appt=15 April, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 313-5}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Henry Coppinger|nick=Robert H. Coppinger|appt=15 April, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 313-5}}}} | ||
Revision as of 16:35, 24 October 2014
| H.M.S. Flirt (1897) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | P.87 (1914) D.56 (Sep 1915)[1] |
| Builder: | Palmer[2] |
| Ordered: | 1896-97 Programme[3] |
| Laid down: | 5 Sep, 1896[4] |
| Launched: | 15 May, 1897[5] |
| Commissioned: | Apr, 1899[6] |
| Sunk: | 27 Oct, 1916[7] |
| Fate: | at Battle of Dover Strait |
H.M.S. Flirt was one of forty destroyers of the "C" class — a "30 knotter".
Service
In mid-1913, she was operating with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla.[8]
On the night of 26-27 October, 1916, she was in the eastern English Channel, protecting a line of anti-submarine drifters when six raiding German destroyers arrived and started ravaging her charges, sinking six. Flirt lowered a boat and turned on her searchlight to help save lives, and was taken under fire by two destroyers and rapidly sunk.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant Henry W. Osburn, 16 October, 1901[10]
- Commander Brian H. F. Barttelot, 1 August, 1902[11] – 3 Aprilo, 1903[12]
- Lieutenant & Commander Stuart E. Holder, 8 November, 1912[13]
- Commander Robert H. Coppinger, 15 April, 1913[14]
- Lieutenant in Command Hubert S. Braddyll, 2 February, 1914[15]
- Lieutenant in Command Andrew N. Swainson, 14 September, 1915[16] – 1 June, 1916[17] (drowned while in command)
- Lieutenant Richard P. Kellett, ? – 27 October, 1916[18] (killed in command at the Battle of Dover Strait[19])
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 313-5.
- ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. pp. 65-6.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, October 12, 1901. Issue 36584, col D, p. 10.
- ↑ Barttelot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 238.
- ↑ Barttelot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 238.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 313-5.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 313-5.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 318.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394e.
- ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 245.
- ↑ Naval Operations. Vol. IV. p. 56.
- ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 280.
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