HMS Flirt

Six ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Flirt:

• Flirt was a ship in service with the navy in 1592.
• Flirt was a 14-gun brig of 209 tons launched at Dover on 4 March 1782 and sold on 1 December 1795. She then became a whaler in the South Seas Fisheries until 1803 when the French privateer François Aregnaudeau in Blonde captured Flirt as she was returning home from a voyage.
• Flirt was a Cheerful-class wooden screw gunboat launched at Greenhythe on 7 June 1856 and broken up at Haslar in April 1864.
• Flirt was a gunboat purchased in 1862 for New Zealand service and sold in 1864.
• Flirt was a composite screw gunboat of 603 tons launched at Devonport on 20 December 1867 and sold in November 1888 for breaking up.
• Flirt was a C class destroyer launched at Jarrow on 15 May 1897 and sunk on 27 October 1916 in the Dover Strait.

Citations and references

Citations

References

• Clayton, Jane M. (2014) Ships employed in the South Sea Whale Fishery from Britain: 1775-1815: An alphabetical list of ships. (Berforts Group). ISBN 978-1908616524
• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.