HMS Flirt (1897)

HMS Flirt
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Flirt
Ordered1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates
BuilderPalmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow-on-Tyne
Laid down5 September 1896
Launched15 May 1897
CommissionedApril 1899
Honours and
awards
Belgian Coast 1914 - 1915
FateSunk 26/27 October 1916 in combat
General characteristics
Class and typePalmer three funnel, 30 knot destroyer
Displacement
  • 390 long tons (396 t) standard
  • 440 long tons (447 t) full load
Length220 ft (67 m) o/a
Beam20 ft 9 in (6.32 m)
Draught9 ft 9 in (2.97 m)
Installed power6,200 ihp (4,600 kW)
Propulsion
Speed30 kn (56 km/h)
Range91 tons coal
Complement60 officers and men
Armament
Service record
Operations: World War I 1914 - 1918

HMS Flirt was a Palmer three funnel, 30 knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates. She was the fifth ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1782 for a 14-gun brig in service until 1795.[1]

  1. ^ Jane, Fred T. (1969) [1898]. Jane's All the World's Fighting Ships 1898. New York: first published by Sampson Low Marston, London 1898, Reprinted ARCO Publishing Company. p. 84 to 85.