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SUMMARY:HMS Flirt (1916)
DESCRIPTION:HMS Flirt wreck dive\nThe HMS Flirt wreck dive explores a Royal Navy destroyer lost during the Battle of Dover Strait in 1916. Flirt served with the Dover Patrol and helped guard the Dover Barrage. However\, on the night of 26/27 October 1916\, German torpedo boats raided the barrage and destroyed her at close range. \nThis HMS Flirt wreck dive carries one of the most dramatic stories off the Kent coast. Flirt moved towards gunfire to help the attacked drifters\, then launched a boat to rescue survivors. As a result\, the men in that boat became the main survivors when German torpedo boats overwhelmed the destroyer. \nHMS Flirt wreck dive: the ship before the battle\nCaptain E. R. G. R. Evans later captured Flirt’s character in Keeping the Seas. He described her as a dirty\, coal-fired\, pre-war destroyer that collected cinders across the bridge\, lifeboats and crowded deck\, yet still called her “a happy ship”. That small detail gives the wreck a human edge: Flirt was uncomfortable\, overworked and outdated\, but her crew carried on without complaint. \nPalmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company built HMS Flirt at Jarrow-on-Tyne. She launched on 15 May 1897 and reached Portsmouth in November 1898. Therefore\, by the time of her loss\, she already belonged to an older generation of Royal Navy destroyers. \nFlirt was one of the early 30-knot destroyers. She was small\, fast\, coal-fired and heavily worked. In addition\, she carried a 12-pounder gun\, five 6-pounder guns and torpedo tubes\, which made her useful for patrol and escort work. \nDuring the First World War\, Flirt served from Dover with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla. Her job included patrol work\, anti-submarine duties and support for the Dover Barrage. Consequently\, she operated in one of the most dangerous and heavily contested sea lanes of the war. \nThe Battle of Dover Strait\nOn the night of 26/27 October 1916\, German torpedo boats from the Flanders Flotilla attacked the Dover Barrage. Their aim was to disrupt the British defences and damage the patrol vessels that guarded the Strait. The raid developed into the Battle of Dover Strait. \nThe German force first hit the drifter line. Flirt heard the firing and moved towards the danger. She found Waveney II burning or sinking and lowered a boat to rescue survivors. \nThen unidentified vessels approached. Flirt challenged them\, but the ships were German torpedo boats\, not friendly destroyers. They opened fire at close range\, and Flirt had little time to react. \nThe attack destroyed her rapidly. Accounts describe shellfire\, torpedo attack and damage to her boilers. Within minutes\, the destroyer sank in the Dover Strait. \nSixty of Flirt’s crew died\, while nine survived. Those survivors were mainly the men who had left the destroyer in the rescue boat. It is a brutal detail: the act of helping another stricken vessel saved the few men who lived. \nYou can read a detailed vessel history in History of War’s HMS Flirt profile. Meanwhile\, casualty and wreck-diving context appears in Scuba.To’s HMS Flirt article. \nThe wreck today\nFor divers\, HMS Flirt offers a powerful Dover Patrol wreck with a clear First World War story. She was not a merchant ship caught in the wrong place. She was a fighting destroyer on patrol\, destroyed during a German raid on the Dover Barrage. \nThe wreck also carries serious human weight. Sixty men died in the sinking\, and many appear on naval memorial records. Therefore\, this dive deserves quiet respect: look\, learn and leave the wreck alone. \nI would not describe HMS Flirt as a named Protected Place under the current Protection of Military Remains Act designation order without further official evidence. Even so\, the site is still a Royal Navy war loss with heavy loss of life. In practical terms\, treat it as a war grave\, not a rummage box with rivets. \nThis wreck gives divers a direct link to the Dover Patrol\, the Dover Barrage and the German night raids of 1916. Finally\, HMS Flirt reminds us that the Strait was not simply a shipping lane. It was a narrow battlefield\, and sometimes the rescue attempt became the trap. \nAre you a Mutiny Diver? Book more dives.
URL:https://mutinydiving.com/trip/hms-flirt-1916/
LOCATION:Dover Marina\, Esplanade\, Dover\, Kent\, CT17 9FS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event Tickets,Offshore Wrecks
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SUMMARY:Großes Torpedoboot SMS G-85 (1917)
DESCRIPTION:SMS G-85 wreck dive\nThe SMS G-85 wreck dive visits the remains of a German large torpedo boat lost during the Battle of Dover Strait in 1917. SMS G-85\, also written G85\, was not a cargo ship or civilian casualty. She was a fast Imperial German Navy warship sent into the Channel to attack the Dover Barrage. \nThis SMS G-85 wreck dive brings you close to one of the most dramatic night actions fought off the Kent coast. On 21 April 1917\, HMS Swift and HMS Broke intercepted German torpedo boats in a confused and violent clash. Therefore\, this is a wreck with a proper combat story\, not a polite little sinking caused by bad weather and poor life choices. \nSMS G-85 wreck dive: the ship before the battle\nSMS G-85 was a Großes Torpedoboot\, or large torpedo boat\, built for the Imperial German Navy. Germaniawerft built her at Kiel\, and she launched on 24 July 1915. She entered service later that year\, on 14 December 1915. \nAlthough called a torpedo boat\, G-85 was closer in role and size to an early destroyer. She measured about 83 m long\, carried three 10.5 cm guns and mounted six 50 cm torpedo tubes. In addition\, she could carry mines\, which made her useful for offensive raids in the North Sea and English Channel. \nBy spring 1917\, G-85 had joined German torpedo boat forces operating from Flanders. These fast ships targeted the Dover Patrol\, the Dover Barrage and Allied traffic moving through the Channel. As a result\, they posed a direct threat to the guarded sea route between Britain and the Western Front. \nThe Battle of Dover Strait\nOn the night of 20/21 April 1917\, fifteen German torpedo boats left Flanders in three groups. G-85 formed part of Gruppe Gautier\, alongside G42\, S53\, V71\, V73 and V81. Their orders were to attack the Dover Barrage and bombard Dover. \nThe German force first encountered the trawler Sabreur and opened fire. However\, Sabreur escaped with damage. Gruppe Gautier then shelled Dover\, where British coastal artillery replied before the German vessels turned back towards the Channel. \nDuring the withdrawal\, the British flotilla leaders HMS Swift and HMS Broke intercepted the German boats. In the darkness and confusion\, HMS Swift torpedoed G-85\, bringing her to a halt and setting her on fire. Meanwhile\, HMS Broke rammed G42\, and the two ships became locked together in a brutal close-quarters fight. \nAfter Broke broke clear from G42\, she moved towards the disabled G-85 and opened fire. Both German torpedo boats sank during the action. Thirty-five of G-85’s crew were killed\, although I have not found a reliable named casualty list in the accessible records. \nYou can read the main wreck record through Historic England’s Dover Strait wreck record. For a fuller account of the naval action\, see Naval-History.Net’s Dover destroyer action account. \nThe wreck today\nThe wreck site identification carries some historical caution. G42 and G-85 sank in the same battle\, and records have sometimes treated the two sites with uncertainty. Historic England notes a wreck believed to be G42 east of South Foreland\, while the site believed to be G-85 lies farther east. \nThat uncertainty adds interest rather than weakness. The wreck still represents one of the two German torpedo boats destroyed during the Battle of Dover Strait. For divers\, it offers a compact but powerful First World War story: speed\, darkness\, torpedoes\, ramming and the Dover Patrol doing its job with very little subtlety. \nAre you a Mutiny Diver? Book more dives.
URL:https://mutinydiving.com/trip/groses-torpedoboot-sms-g-85-1917/
LOCATION:Dover Marina\, Esplanade\, Dover\, Kent\, CT17 9FS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event Tickets,Offshore Wrecks
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SUMMARY:HMS Flirt (1916)
DESCRIPTION:HMS Flirt wreck dive\nThe HMS Flirt wreck dive explores a Royal Navy destroyer lost during the Battle of Dover Strait in 1916. Flirt served with the Dover Patrol and helped guard the Dover Barrage. However\, on the night of 26/27 October 1916\, German torpedo boats raided the barrage and destroyed her at close range. \nThis HMS Flirt wreck dive carries one of the most dramatic stories off the Kent coast. Flirt moved towards gunfire to help the attacked drifters\, then launched a boat to rescue survivors. As a result\, the men in that boat became the main survivors when German torpedo boats overwhelmed the destroyer. \nHMS Flirt wreck dive: the ship before the battle\nCaptain E. R. G. R. Evans later captured Flirt’s character in Keeping the Seas. He described her as a dirty\, coal-fired\, pre-war destroyer that collected cinders across the bridge\, lifeboats and crowded deck\, yet still called her “a happy ship”. That small detail gives the wreck a human edge: Flirt was uncomfortable\, overworked and outdated\, but her crew carried on without complaint. \nPalmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company built HMS Flirt at Jarrow-on-Tyne. She launched on 15 May 1897 and reached Portsmouth in November 1898. Therefore\, by the time of her loss\, she already belonged to an older generation of Royal Navy destroyers. \nFlirt was one of the early 30-knot destroyers. She was small\, fast\, coal-fired and heavily worked. In addition\, she carried a 12-pounder gun\, five 6-pounder guns and torpedo tubes\, which made her useful for patrol and escort work. \nDuring the First World War\, Flirt served from Dover with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla. Her job included patrol work\, anti-submarine duties and support for the Dover Barrage. Consequently\, she operated in one of the most dangerous and heavily contested sea lanes of the war. \nThe Battle of Dover Strait\nOn the night of 26/27 October 1916\, German torpedo boats from the Flanders Flotilla attacked the Dover Barrage. Their aim was to disrupt the British defences and damage the patrol vessels that guarded the Strait. The raid developed into the Battle of Dover Strait. \nThe German force first hit the drifter line. Flirt heard the firing and moved towards the danger. She found Waveney II burning or sinking and lowered a boat to rescue survivors. \nThen unidentified vessels approached. Flirt challenged them\, but the ships were German torpedo boats\, not friendly destroyers. They opened fire at close range\, and Flirt had little time to react. \nThe attack destroyed her rapidly. Accounts describe shellfire\, torpedo attack and damage to her boilers. Within minutes\, the destroyer sank in the Dover Strait. \nSixty of Flirt’s crew died\, while nine survived. Those survivors were mainly the men who had left the destroyer in the rescue boat. It is a brutal detail: the act of helping another stricken vessel saved the few men who lived. \nYou can read a detailed vessel history in History of War’s HMS Flirt profile. Meanwhile\, casualty and wreck-diving context appears in Scuba.To’s HMS Flirt article. \nThe wreck today\nFor divers\, HMS Flirt offers a powerful Dover Patrol wreck with a clear First World War story. She was not a merchant ship caught in the wrong place. She was a fighting destroyer on patrol\, destroyed during a German raid on the Dover Barrage. \nThe wreck also carries serious human weight. Sixty men died in the sinking\, and many appear on naval memorial records. Therefore\, this dive deserves quiet respect: look\, learn and leave the wreck alone. \nI would not describe HMS Flirt as a named Protected Place under the current Protection of Military Remains Act designation order without further official evidence. Even so\, the site is still a Royal Navy war loss with heavy loss of life. In practical terms\, treat it as a war grave\, not a rummage box with rivets. \nThis wreck gives divers a direct link to the Dover Patrol\, the Dover Barrage and the German night raids of 1916. Finally\, HMS Flirt reminds us that the Strait was not simply a shipping lane. It was a narrow battlefield\, and sometimes the rescue attempt became the trap. \nAre you a Mutiny Diver? Book more dives.
URL:https://mutinydiving.com/trip/hms-flirt-1916-2/
LOCATION:Dover Marina\, Esplanade\, Dover\, Kent\, CT17 9FS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event Tickets,Offshore Wrecks
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