HMS Fly (1813)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Fly.

Fly when re-rigged as a ship sloop in 1822
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Fly
BuilderJabez Bayley, Ipswich
Launched1813
Commissioned1813
Decommissioned1828
FateSold, 1828
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeCruizer-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen38677⁄94 (bm)
Length100 ft 5 in (30.6 m) o/a; 77 ft 9 in (23.7 m) (keel)
Beam30 ft 7 in (9.3 m)
Draught7 ft 7 in (2.3 m) (unladen); 11 ft 6 in (3.5 m) (laden)
Sail planBrig
Complement121
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 on 16 February 1813 and commissioned May 1813.[1]

She served:[1]

  • on the Channel station under Sir William G. Parker from May 1813,[2]
  • on the Newfoundland Station from June 1814 until paid off in April 1815,
  • on the Cork station, after recommissioning in 1818, until December 1821,
  • on Cape of Good Hope Station from December 1821,
  • in South America from 1823,
  • in East Indies from 1825.

In December 1826 Fly, under Captain Frederick Augustus Wetherall,[3] supported the short-lived settlement of Western Port, in southern Victoria, Australia.[4]

She was sold in Bombay on 10 April 1828.[1]

See also

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d Winfield (2008), p. 304.
  2. ^ O'Byrne 1849.
  3. ^ O'Byrne 1849b.
  4. ^ HRA 1922, Series 3, Volume 5, pp 827ff.
  5. ^ Laughton1901, pp. 143–145.

References

  • Historical Records of Australia. Series III. Despatches and Papers Relating to the Settlement of the States Volume V. Tasmania, December, 1825-March, 1827. Northern Territory, 1823–1827. Western Port, Victoria, 1826–1827, Library Committee of the Commonwealth Parliament, Commonwealth of Australia, 1922, hdl:1959.9/512894
  • Laughton, John Knox (1901). "Martin, William Fanshawe" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 143–145.
  • O'Byrne, William R. (1849). "Parker, William George" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary. London: John Murray.
  • O'Byrne, William R. (1849b). "Wetherall, Frederick Augustus" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary. London: John Murray.
  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1-86176-246-1.