HMS Flirt (1897)
HMS Flirt | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| 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 & awards | Belgian Coast 1914 - 1915 |
| Fate | Sunk 26/27 October 1916 in combat |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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 |
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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.