![]() HMS Flirt
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Name | HMS Flirt |
Ordered | 1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates |
Builder | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow-on-Tyne |
Laid down | 5 September 1896 |
Launched | 15 May 1897 |
Commissioned | April 1899 |
Honours and awards | Belgian Coast 1914 - 1915 |
Fate | Sunk 26/27 October 1916 in combat |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Palmer three funnel, 30 knot destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | 220 ft (67 m) o/a |
Beam | 20 ft 9 in (6.32 m) |
Draught | 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) |
Installed power | 6,200 ihp (4,600 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 30 kn (56 km/h) |
Range | 91 tons coal |
Complement | 60 officers and men |
Armament |
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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]