Fly-class brig-sloop

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.

Class overview
Name: Fly-class brig-sloop
Operators:  Royal Navy
In service: 1805 - 1816
Completed: 7
General characteristics
Type: Brig-sloop
Tons burthen: 281 ​85⁄94 (bm)
Length:
  • 96 ft 0 in (29.3 m) (gundeck)
  • 79 ft 5 in (24.2 m) (keel)
Beam: 25 ft 1 in (7.6 m)
Depth of hold: 11 ft 6 in (3.5 m)
Sail plan: Brig-rigged
Complement: 94
Armament:

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
Kite 13 July 1805 Sold for breaking 14 December 1815[1]
Sparrow 29 July 1805 Sold for breaking 17 October 1816[1]
Fly 24 October 1805 Wrecked off Anholt island on 28 February 1812
Raven 12 August 1805 Sold for breaking 18 September 1816[1]
Wizard November 1805 Sold for breaking 17 October 1816[1]
Goshawk 17 July 1806 Wrecked off Barcelona 21 November 1811
Challenger 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. 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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