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HMS Flirt
HMS Flirt
This community really come about because I kept on encountering HMS Flirt names while adding into my Portsmouth Kingston Cemetery Community. On the night of 26/27 October 1916 the German Navy raided the Dover Barrage with two and a half flotillas of torpedo boats and destroyers. Flirt under the command of Lieutenant R. P. Kellett responded to gunfire from the drifter line. She found the drifter Waveney II on fire and sent a boat to assist. When unidentified ships approached she issued a challenge and was immediately fired upon by the Germans. Flirt was lost; the only survivors were those dispatched to aid Waveney II. There appear to be almost 60 names on the Roll of Honour from that incident, and from what I can see there are 15 already on Lives that have been Identified. I am also going to add in any other men from Flirt that may have died while a member of the crew of which there appear to be at least 4, and I am adding in the names of those who were survivors too. HMS Flirt has not been forgotten and most of her crew are commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial . As an aside, I encountered the names of more former crew from HMS Flirt who were accidentally drowned going aboard ship by the capsizing of the whaler at Eastbourne.
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Born 1887
Died 1916
Royal Navy 228807 Able Seaman HMS Flirt
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Born 1897
Died 1962
Royal Navy Z/4862 Signalman Royal Naval Division
More about Sydney Charles Philpott -
Born 1888
Died 1916
Royal Navy Z/1332 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Royal Navy Z/1332 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Division Signals Derby Group 10
Royal Navy Mersey Z/1332 Signalman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS "Flirt"
More about Edwin Thomas Hubbard -
Born 1885
Died 1916
Royal Navy 307363 Leading Stoker HMS Flirt
More about Alfred Buckle -
Born 1894
Died 1916
Royal Navy K26184 Stoker 1st Class HMS Flirt
More about George Estall Wardhaugh -
Born 1892
Died 1916
Royal Navy K30163 Stoker 1st Class HMS Flirt
More about Arthur Griffiths -
Born 1895
Died 1916
Royal Navy A5484 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 5484A Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Flirt
More about William Patience -
Born 1885
Died 1916
Royal Navy 211843 Yeoman of signals HMS Flirt
More about Thomas Arthur Chambers -
Born 1895
Died 1916
Royal Navy K21472 Stoker 1st class HMS Flirt
More about William Alfred Bridger -
Born 1896
Died 1916
Royal Navy K27007 Stoker 1st Class HMS Flirt
More about Christopher Needham -
Born 1894
Died 1916
Royal Navy J6610 Leading Telegraphist HMS Flirt
More about William Alexander Mcqueen -
Born 1877
Died 1916
Royal Navy 284276 Petty Officer Stoker HMS Flirt
More about James Carroll -
Born 1899
Died 1916
Royal Navy J37607 Boy Telegraphist HMS Flirt
More about Charles Duckworth -
Born 1884
Died 1916
Royal Navy B.6255 Able Seaman Chatham
Royal Navy SS878 (R.F.R.Ch.B.6255.) Able Seaman HMS Flirt
More about Samuel Porteous -
Born 1878
Died 1916
Royal Navy 177741 Petty Officer HMS Flirt
More about Alfred Edward Watson -
Born 1873
Died 1916
Royal Navy Acting Artificer Engineer
Royal Navy Artificer Engineer HMS Flirt
More about Frederick William Edwards -
Born 1892
Died 1916
Royal Navy K32504 Stoker 1st Class HMS Flirt
More about Joseph Arthur Hague -
Born 1889
Royal Navy Acting Gunner
Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander
More about John Abraham Barter -
Born 1896
Royal Navy J25075 Able Seaman HMS Flirt
More about George Edward Hankins -
Born 1886
Died 1916
Royal Navy S 5906 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 5906S Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Flirt."
More about William Bell