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]
Fly when re-rigged as a ship sloop in 1822
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History | |
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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]
In December 1826 Fly, under Captain Frederick Augustus Wetherall,[3] supported the short-lived settlement of Western Port, in southern Victoria, Australia.[4]