Fly-class brig-sloop

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Class overview
NameFly-class brig-sloop
Operators Royal Navy
In service1805 - 1816
Completed7
General characteristics
TypeBrig-sloop
Tons burthen281 85⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 96 ft 0 in (29.3 m) (gundeck)
  • 79 ft 5 in (24.2 m) (keel)
Beam25 ft 1 in (7.6 m)
Depth of hold11 ft 6 in (3.5 m)
Sail planBrig-rigged
Complement94
Armament

The Fly class were built for the Royal Navy as a class of 16-gun brig-sloops; 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. The Admiralty ordered five vessels to this design in January 1805; it ordered two more 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 Fate
13 July 1805 Sold for breaking 14 December 1815[1]
29 July 1805 Sold for breaking 17 October 1816[1]
24 October 1805 Wrecked off Anholt island on 28 February 1812
12 August 1805 Sold for breaking 18 September 1816[1]
November 1805 Sold for breaking 17 October 1816[1]
17 July 1806 Wrecked off Barcelona 21 November 1811
30 July 1806 Captured by French off Île de Batz 12 March 1811

Notes[]

  1. ^ A further two 24-pounder carronades were added later

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Winfield (2004), p.73.
  • British Warships in the Age of Sail, Rif Winfield, Seaforth Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4
  • Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6.
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