Fly class brig-sloop
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Fly |
| Operators: |  Royal Navy |
| In service: | 1805 - 1816 |
| Completed: | 7 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | brig-sloop |
| Tons burthen: | 281.9 bm |
| Length: | 96 ft 0 in (29.26 m) |
| Beam: | 25 ft 1 in (7.65 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.
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
References
- British Warships in the Age of Sail, Rif Winfield, Seaforth Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4
