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HMS Fly (1813)

History
Name: HMS Fly
Builder: Jabez Bailey, Ipswich
Launched: 1813
Commissioned: 1813
Decommissioned: 1828
Fate: Sold, 1828
General characteristics
Class and type: Cruizer-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen: 386 7794 (bm)
Length: 100 ft 5 in (30.6 m) o/a; 77 ft 9 in (23.7 m) (keel)
Beam: 30 ft 7 in (9.3 m)
Draught: 7 ft 7 in (2.3 m) (unladen); 11 ft 6 in (3.5 m) (laden)
Sail plan: Brig
Complement: 121
Armament:
  • 16 × 32-pounder carronades
  • 2 × 6-pounder bow guns

HMS Fly (1813) was a Royal Navy Cruizer-class brig-sloop built by Jabez Bailey at Ipswich. She was ordered 23 April 1812, launched in 16 February 1813 and commissioned May 1813.

She served:

In December 1826 Fly, under Captain F. A. Wetherall, supported the short-lived settlement of Western Port, in southern Victoria, Australia.

She was sold in Bombay on 10 April 1828.



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