Fly class brig-sloop
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Fly |
| Operators: |  Royal Navy |
| In service: | 1805 - 1816 |
| Completed: | 7 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | brig-sloop |
| Displacement: | 281.9 tons |
| Length: | 96 ft 0 in (29.3 m) |
| Beam: | 25 ft 1 in (7.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Complement: | 94 |
| Armament: |
16 guns: 2 x 6-pounder cannon as bow chasers; 14 x 24-pounder carronades.2 more 24-pounder carronades were added later. |
The Fly class were built as a 16-gun class of brig-sloops for the Royal Navy, although an extra two carronades were added soon after completion. The class was designed by one of the Surveyors of the Navy - Sir John Henslow - and approved in 1805. Five vessels to this design were ordered in January 1805; two more were ordered in the summer, although this final pair were planked with hulls of pitch pine ("fir") rather than the normal oak used in the first five.
[edit] Vessels
In the following table, the Fly class brig-sloops are listed in the order in which they were instructed to be built (i.e. order dates).
| Name | Launched |
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| HMS Kite | 13 July 1805 |
| HMS Sparrow | 29 July 1805 |
| HMS Fly | 24 October 1805 |
| HMS Raven | 12 August 1805 |
| HMS Wizard | November 1805 |
| HMS Goshawk | 17 July 1806 |
| HMS Challenger | 30 July 1806 |
[edit] References
- British Warships in the Age of Sail, Rif Winfield, Seaforth Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4
