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]
;_Victor_(1798);_Fly_(1813);_Grasshopper_(1813)_RMG_J4563.png) Fly when re-rigged as a ship sloop in 1822
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Fly |
| Builder | Jabez Bayley, Ipswich |
| Launched | 1813 |
| Commissioned | 1813 |
| Decommissioned | 1828 |
| Fate | Sold, 1828 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Cruizer-class brig-sloop |
| Tons burthen | 38677⁄94 (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 |
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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]
See also edit
- Sir William Martin, 4th Baronet, commander on South American station in 1823[5]
Citations edit
- ^ a b c d Winfield (2008), p. 304.
- ^ O'Byrne 1849.
- ^ O'Byrne 1849b.
- ^ HRA 1922, Series 3, Volume 5, pp 827ff.
- ^ Laughton1901, pp. 143–145.
References edit
- 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). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 143–145.
- O'Byrne, William R. (1849). . A Naval Biographical Dictionary. London: John Murray.
- O'Byrne, William R. (1849b). . 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.