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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
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| − | On the night of 26-27 October, 1916, | + | A 13-knot, eight hours coal consumption trial was conducted at Portsmouth between the Needles and Ryde on 6 January, 1899 in mild weather on a smooth sea. With 475 i.h.p., the engine developed 154 revolutions, yielding 13.05 knots at a rate of consumption of 1.88 pound per unit of power per hour.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence." ''The Times'' (London, England), Saturday, Jan 07, 1899; pg. 10; Issue 35720.</ref> |
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| + | In late 1905, she was one of eight destroyers in the First Division of the [[Channel Fleet (Royal Navy)|Channel Fleet]]'s Destroyer Flotilla.{{NLNov05|pp. 267, 269}} By February 1906, the strength had increased to 12 T.B.Ds. and the formation had taken the name of the {{UK-DF|1}}. | ||
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| + | By March 1910 she was with the {{UK-DF|2}}, operating as part of the First Division, Home Fleet. | ||
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| + | She, {{UK-Flirt}} and {{UK-Star}} of the {{UK-DF|4}} were paid off on 30 April 1912 and re-commissioned the following day.{{NMI|29 Apr. 1912, p. 14}} | ||
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| + | By late April, 1912, ''Flirt'' was operating with the newly re-organised {{UK-DF|6}}, a Patrol Flotilla based at Portsmouth. She would continue in this assignment throughout her service career. | ||
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| + | Lieutenant in Command [[Andrew Nevill Swainson]] was cautioned by Vice-Admiral, Dover to be more careful after ''Flirt'' collided with a Swedish steamer on 6 March, 1916. Swainson would be drowned in a boat accident while returning to his vessel on the night of 1 June, 1916.<ref>Swainson Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/52/94.|}} f. 455.</ref> | ||
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| + | On the night of 26-27 October, 1916, ''Flirt'' 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.{{HardLying|pp. 65-6}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Dates of appointment are provided when known. | Dates of appointment are provided when known. | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Flirt''"> | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Flirt''"> | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name= | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Edward Alexander Thomas|nick=Edward A. Thomas|appt=18 September, 1899{{NLFeb00|p. 252}}|end=18 September, 1900}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Michael Henry Hodges|nick=Michael H. Hodges|appt=18 September, 1900<ref>Hodges Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 471.</ref>|end=8 January, 1901<ref>Hodges Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 471.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Michael Henry Hodges|nick=Michael H. Hodges|appt=18 September, 1900<ref>Hodges Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 471.</ref>|end=8 January, 1901<ref>Hodges Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 471.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Henry Willcox Osburn|nick=Henry W. Osburn|appt=16 October, 1901<ref>Osburn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/460.|D7602778}} f. 513.</ref><ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Saturday, October 12, 1901. Issue '''36584''', col D, p. 10.</ref>|end=22 February, 1902<ref>Osburn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/460.|D7602778}} f. 513.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Henry Willcox Osburn|nick=Henry W. Osburn|appt=16 October, 1901<ref>Osburn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/460.|D7602778}} f. 513.</ref><ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Saturday, October 12, 1901. Issue '''36584''', col D, p. 10.</ref>|end=22 February, 1902<ref>Osburn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/460.|D7602778}} f. 513.</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 April, 1903<ref>Barttelot Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579100}} f. 238.</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 April, 1903<ref>Barttelot Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579100}} f. 238.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Cyril Royds Brocklebank|nick=Henry C. R. Brocklebank|appt=3 April, 1903<ref>Brocklebank Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/390.|D7602709}} f. 431.</ref>{{NLMay03|p. 256}}|end=1 May, 1903<ref>Brocklebank Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/390.|D7602709}} f. 431.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Cyril Royds Brocklebank|nick=Henry C. R. Brocklebank|appt=3 April, 1903<ref>Brocklebank Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/390.|D7602709}} f. 431.</ref>{{NLMay03|p. 256}}|end=1 May, 1903<ref>Brocklebank Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/390.|D7602709}} f. 431.</ref>}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Harold Douglas Briggs|nick=Harold D. Briggs|appt=21 July, 1903<ref>Briggs Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/421.|}} f. 427.</ref><ref>"APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." ''The Times'' (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.</ref>|end=15 August, 1903<ref>Briggs Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/421.|}} f. 427.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1903]]}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Reginald James Newall Watson|nick=Reginald J. N. Watson|appt=14 July, 1904{{ToL|Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres|Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442}}|end=1904|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1904]]}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Kiddle|nick=John Kiddle|appt=28 October, 1904<ref>Kiddle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/207.|D7602993}} f. 236.</ref>|end=15 November, 1904<ref>Kiddle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/207.|D7602993}} f. 236.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Kiddle|nick=John Kiddle|appt=28 October, 1904<ref>Kiddle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/207.|D7602993}} f. 236.</ref>|end=15 November, 1904<ref>Kiddle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/207.|D7602993}} f. 236.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Hubert George Brand|nick=The Hon. Hubert G. Brand|appt=15 November, 1904<ref>Brand Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 118.</ref>|end=20 December, 1904<ref>Brand Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 118.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Hubert George Brand|nick=The Hon. Hubert G. Brand|appt=15 November, 1904<ref>Brand Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 118.</ref>|end=20 December, 1904<ref>Brand Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 118.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Harry Louis d'Estoteville Skipwith|nick=Harry L. d'E. Skipwith|appt=21 December, 1904<ref>Skipwith Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 255.</ref>|end=10 November, 1905<ref>Skipwith Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 255.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Harry Louis d'Estoteville Skipwith|nick=Harry L. d'E. Skipwith|appt=21 December, 1904<ref>Skipwith Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 255.</ref>|end=10 November, 1905<ref>Skipwith Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 255.</ref>}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{ | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Bertram Owen Frederick Phibbs|nick=Bertram O. F. Phibbs|appt=10 November, 1905{{NLJun06|p. 316}}|end=15 October, 1906}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Leopold George Darker Way|nick=Leopold G. D. Way|appt=5 February, 1907{{NLOct08|p. 317}}|end=20 March, 1909}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Leopold George Darker Way|nick=Leopold G. D. Way|appt=5 February, 1907{{NLOct08|p. 317}}|end=20 March, 1909}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Alan Frederic William Howard|nick=Alan F. W. Howard|appt=20 March, 1909{{NLJan10|p. 317}}|end=|note=possibly cancelled, per his service record}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Alan Frederic William Howard|nick=Alan F. W. Howard|appt=20 March, 1909{{NLJan10|p. 317}}|end=|note=possibly cancelled, per his service record}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Palmer Landon|nick=John P. Landon|appt=June, 1911|end=30 April, 1912}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant & Commander|name=Stuart Elton Holder|nick=Stuart E. Holder|appt=8 November, 1912{{NLMar13|p. 313-5}}|end=15 April, 1913}} | {{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant & Commander|name=Stuart Elton Holder|nick=Stuart E. Holder|appt=8 November, 1912{{NLMar13|p. 313-5}}|end=15 April, 1913}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Henry Coppinger|nick=Robert H. Coppinger|appt=15 April, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 313-5}}<ref>Coppinger Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603063}} f. 313.</ref>|end=2 February, 1914<ref>Coppinger Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603063}} f. 313.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Henry Coppinger|nick=Robert H. Coppinger|appt=15 April, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 313-5}}<ref>Coppinger Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603063}} f. 313.</ref>|end=2 February, 1914<ref>Coppinger Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603063}} f. 313.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant in Command|name=Hubert Stanley Braddyll|nick=Hubert S. Braddyll|appt=2 February, 1914<ref>Braddyll Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/212.|D7604624}} f. 280.</ref>{{NLApr15|p. 394''d''}}|end=14 September, 1915<ref>Braddyll Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/212.|D7604624}} f. 280.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant in Command|name=Hubert Stanley Braddyll|nick=Hubert S. Braddyll|appt=2 February, 1914<ref>Braddyll Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/212.|D7604624}} f. 280.</ref>{{NLApr15|p. 394''d''}}|end=14 September, 1915<ref>Braddyll Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/212.|D7604624}} f. 280.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Andrew Nevill Swainson|nick=Andrew N. Swainson|appt=14 September, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 394''e''}}|end=1 June, 1916{{KindellROH2|p. 245}}|note=drowned while in command}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Andrew Nevill Swainson|nick=Andrew N. Swainson|appt=14 September, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 394''e''}}|end=1 June, 1916{{KindellROH2|p. 245}}|note=drowned while in command}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Richard Pinder Kellett|nick=Richard P. Kellett|appt=5 June, 1916{{NLOct16|p. 394''m''}}|end=27 October, 1916{{UKNavalOpsIV|p. 56}}|note=killed in command when vessel lost at the [[Battle of Dover Strait]]{{KindellROH2|p. 280}}|succBy=Vessel Lost}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Richard Pinder Kellett|nick=Richard P. Kellett|appt=5 June, 1916<ref>Kellett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/96/201.|}} f. 247.</ref>{{NLOct16|p. 394''m''}}|end=27 October, 1916{{UKNavalOpsIV|p. 56}}|note=killed in command when vessel lost at the [[Battle of Dover Strait]]{{KindellROH2|p. 280}}|succBy=Vessel Lost}} |
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
Latest revision as of 18:39, 16 September 2022
| H.M.S. Flirt (1897) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | P.87 (1914) D.56 (Sep 1915)[1] |
| Builder: | Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company[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 "C" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".
Service
A 13-knot, eight hours coal consumption trial was conducted at Portsmouth between the Needles and Ryde on 6 January, 1899 in mild weather on a smooth sea. With 475 i.h.p., the engine developed 154 revolutions, yielding 13.05 knots at a rate of consumption of 1.88 pound per unit of power per hour.[8]
In late 1905, she was one of eight destroyers in the First Division of the Channel Fleet's Destroyer Flotilla.[9] By February 1906, the strength had increased to 12 T.B.Ds. and the formation had taken the name of the First Destroyer Flotilla.
By March 1910 she was with the Second Destroyer Flotilla, operating as part of the First Division, Home Fleet.
She, Flirt and Star of the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla were paid off on 30 April 1912 and re-commissioned the following day.[10]
By late April, 1912, Flirt was operating with the newly re-organised Sixth Destroyer Flotilla, a Patrol Flotilla based at Portsmouth. She would continue in this assignment throughout her service career.
Lieutenant in Command Andrew Nevill Swainson was cautioned by Vice-Admiral, Dover to be more careful after Flirt collided with a Swedish steamer on 6 March, 1916. Swainson would be drowned in a boat accident while returning to his vessel on the night of 1 June, 1916.[11]
On the night of 26-27 October, 1916, Flirt 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.[12]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant & Commander Edward A. Thomas, 18 September, 1899[13] – 18 September, 1900
- Lieutenant Michael H. Hodges, 18 September, 1900[14] – 8 January, 1901[15]
- Lieutenant Henry W. Osburn, 16 October, 1901[16][17] – 22 February, 1902[18]
- Commander Brian H. F. Barttelot, 1 August, 1902[19] – 3 April, 1903[20]
- Lieutenant & Commander Henry C. R. Brocklebank, 3 April, 1903[21][22] – 1 May, 1903[23]
- Lieutenant & Commander Harold D. Briggs, 21 July, 1903[24][25] – 15 August, 1903[26] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1903)
- Lieutenant & Commander Reginald J. N. Watson, 14 July, 1904[27] – 1904 (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1904)
- Lieutenant & Commander John Kiddle, 28 October, 1904[28] – 15 November, 1904[29]
- Lieutenant & Commander The Hon. Hubert G. Brand, 15 November, 1904[30] – 20 December, 1904[31]
- Commander Harry L. d'E. Skipwith, 21 December, 1904[32] – 10 November, 1905[33]
- Lieutenant-Commander Bertram O. F. Phibbs, 10 November, 1905[34] – 15 October, 1906
- Lieutenant-Commander Leopold G. D. Way, 5 February, 1907[35] – 20 March, 1909
- Lieutenant & Commander Alan F. W. Howard, 20 March, 1909[36] (possibly cancelled, per his service record)
- Lieutenant & Commander John P. Landon, June, 1911 – 30 April, 1912
- Lieutenant & Commander Stuart E. Holder, 8 November, 1912[37] – 15 April, 1913
- Commander Robert H. Coppinger, 15 April, 1913[38][39] – 2 February, 1914[40]
- Lieutenant in Command Hubert S. Braddyll, 2 February, 1914[41][42] – 14 September, 1915[43]
- Lieutenant in Command Andrew N. Swainson, 14 September, 1915[44] – 1 June, 1916[45] (drowned while in command)
- Lieutenant Richard P. Kellett, 5 June, 1916[46][47] – 27 October, 1916[48] (killed in command when vessel lost at the Battle of Dover Strait[49])
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.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jan 07, 1899; pg. 10; Issue 35720.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). pp. 267, 269.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 29 Apr. 1912, p. 14.
- ↑ Swainson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/94. f. 455.
- ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. pp. 65-6.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 252.
- ↑ Hodges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 471.
- ↑ Hodges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 471.
- ↑ Osburn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/460. f. 513.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, October 12, 1901. Issue 36584, col D, p. 10.
- ↑ Osburn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/460. f. 513.
- ↑ Barttelot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 238.
- ↑ Barttelot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 238.
- ↑ Brocklebank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/390. f. 431.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 256.
- ↑ Brocklebank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/390. f. 431.
- ↑ Briggs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/421. f. 427.
- ↑ "APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.
- ↑ Briggs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/421. f. 427.
- ↑ "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.
- ↑ Kiddle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/207. f. 236.
- ↑ Kiddle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/207. f. 236.
- ↑ Brand Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 118.
- ↑ Brand Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 118.
- ↑ Skipwith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 255.
- ↑ Skipwith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 255.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 316.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 317.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 317.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 313-5.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 313-5.
- ↑ Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 313.
- ↑ Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 313.
- ↑ Braddyll Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/212. f. 280.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 394d.
- ↑ Braddyll Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/212. f. 280.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394e.
- ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 245.
- ↑ Kellett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/201. f. 247.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 394m.
- ↑ Naval Operations. Vol. IV. p. 56.
- ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 280.
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