HMS Sandfly

HMS Sandfly

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Sandfly". A "sandfly" is an irritating insect found near beaches.

*HMS "Sandfly" was a 14-gun floating battery launched in 1795. She was broken up in 1803.
*HMS "Sandfly" was an "Albacore" class wood screw gunboat launched in 1855. She was sold for scrap in 1867.
*HMS "Sandfly" was a two-gun paddle gunboat. She was formerly the Tasmanian "Maia" and was purchase by the New Zealand colonial government for use in the land wars in 1863. She was broken up in 1867.
*HMS "Sandfly" was a one-gun survey schooner launched in 1872. She was broken up in 1883.
*HMS "Sandfly" was a torpedo gunboat launched in 1887. She was sold in 1905.
*HMS "Sandfly" was a coastal destroyer launched in 1906. She was renamed "TB-4" later in 1906 and sold in 1920.
*HMS "Sandfly" was an "Acheron" class destroyer launched in 1911. She was sold in 1921.

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