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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>}}
 
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{{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 12:35, 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.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 95.
  8. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 313-5.
  9. Smith. Hard Lying. pp. 65-6.
  10. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, October 12, 1901. Issue 36584, col D, p. 10.
  11. Barttelot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 238.
  12. Barttelot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 238.
  13. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 313-5.
  14. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 313-5.
  15. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 318.
  16. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394e.
  17. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 245.
  18. Naval Operations. Vol. IV. p. 56.
  19. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 280.

Bibliography


"C" Class Destroyer
Star Whiting Bat Chamois Crane
Flying Fish Fawn Flirt Bullfinch Dove
Violet Sylvia Lee Avon Bittern
Otter Leopard Vixen Brazen Electra
Recruit Vulture Kestrel Cheerful Mermaid
Greyhound Racehorse Roebuck Gipsy Fairy
Osprey Leven Falcon Ostrich Thorn
Tiger Vigilant Albatross Viper Velox
<– "B" Class Destroyers (UK) "D" Class –>