HMS Flirt (1897)
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HMS Flirt
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 United Kingdom
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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 |
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| Length: | 220 ft (2,600 in) 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) |
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| Speed: | 30 kn (56 km/h) |
| Range: | 91 tons coal |
| Complement: | 60 officers and men |
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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.
The British Admiralty ordered two destroyers, Flirt and Fawn from Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company for the Royal Navy as part of the 1896–1897 shipbuilding programme, which included a total of 20 destroyers (17 "thirty-knotters" and three "specials" which were required to reach as higher speed). The two destroyers were repeats of the six destroyers ordered from Palmers under the 1895–1896 programme.
Flirt's hull was 220 feet (67.06 m) long overall and 215 feet (65.53 m) between perpendiculars, with a beam of 20 feet 9 inches (6.32 m) and a draught of 9 feet 9 inches (2.97 m). Four Reed water tube boilers fed steam at 250 pounds per square inch (1,700 kPa) to triple expansion steam engines rated at 6,200 indicated horsepower (4,600 kW) and driving two propeller shafts. Displacement was 390 long tons (400 t) light and 440 long tons (450 t) deep load. Three funnels were fitted, and 91 tons of coal carried.Flirt, like the other "thirty-knotters" was contractually required to maintain a speed of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) for a continuous run of three hours and over 6 consecutively measured runs of 1 mile (1.6 km) during sea trials.
Armament was specified as a single QF 12 pounder 12 cwt (3 in-calibre or 76 mm) gun on a platform on the ship's conning tower (in practice the platform was also used as the ship's bridge), backed up by five 6-pounder guns, and two 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes. She had a crew of 60 to 63 officers and men.
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