HMS Fly

HMS Fly

Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Fly":

*HMS|Fly|1648|6 was a six-gun sloop, built in 1648 and last listed in 1652.
*HMS|Fly|1672|6 was a six-gun dogger captured from the Dutch in 1672 and wrecked in 1673.
*HMS|Fly|1694|6 was a six-gun advice boat built in 1694 and wrecked in 1695.
*HMS|Fly|1696|6 was a four-gun ketch built in 1696 and sold in 1712.
*HMS|Fly|1732|6 was a 12-gun sloop launched in 1732 and broken up in 1750.
*HMS|Fly|1752|6 was an eight-gun sloop launched in 1752 and sold in 1772.
*HMS|Fly|1763|6 was a cutter purchased in 1763 and sold in 1771.
*HMS|Fly|1776|6 was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1776 and wrecked in in 1802.
*HMS|Fly|1778|6 was a 14-gun cutter purchased in 1778 and captured by the French in 1781.
*HMS|Fly|1779|6 was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1779 and in service until 1782.
*HMS|Fly|1793|6 was a 14-gun brig-sloop launched in 1793 and captured by the French in 1803.
*HMS|Fly|1804|6 was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1804 and wrecked in 1805.
*HMS|Fly|1805|6 was a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1805 and wrecked in 1812.
*HMS|Fly|1813|6 was a "Cruizer" class brig-sloop launched in 1813 and sold in 1828.
*HMS|Fly|1831|6 was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1831. She was converted into a coal hulk in 1855, after which she was renamed C2 and then C70. She was broken up in 1903.
*HMS|Fly|1856|6 was a "Albacore" class wood screw gunboat launched in 1856 and broken up in 1862.
*HMS|Fly|1867|6 was a composite screw gunvessel launched in 1867 and sold in 1887.
*HMS|Fly|J306|6 was an "Algerine" class minesweeper launched in 1942. She was sold to Iran in 1949, being renamed "Palang". She was paid off in 1966 and stricken from the navy list in 1972. She sank, and was then broken up.


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