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
Name	HMS Fly
Builder	Jabez Bayley, Ipswich
Launched	1813
Commissioned	1813
Decommissioned	1828
Fate	Sold, 1828
General characteristics
Class and type	Template:Sclass-
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	16 × 32-pounder carronades 2 × 6-pounder bow guns

HMS Fly (1813) was a Royal Navy Template:Sclass- built by Jabez Bailey at Ipswich. She was ordered 23 April 1812, launched in 16 February 1813 and commissioned May 1813.

She served:

• on the Channel station under Sir William G. Parker from May 1813,
• 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 F. A. Wetherall, supported the short-lived settlement of Western Port, in southern Victoria, Australia.

She was sold in Bombay on 10 April 1828.

See also

• Sir William Martin, 4th Baronet, commander on South American station in 1823

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
• "Martin, William Fanshawe (DNB01)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
• O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Parker, William George" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . John Murray – via Wikisource.
• O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Wetherall, Frederick Augustus" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . John Murray – via Wikisource.
• Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1-86176-246-1. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)