HMS Fly (1831)

	Fly off Sydney c.1842
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Fly
Ordered	30 January 1829
Builder	Pembroke Dockyard
Cost	£11,761 (plus £4,648 for fitting out)
Laid down	November 1829
Launched	25 August 1831
Commissioned	27 January 1832
Out of service	Converted to a coal hulk in 1855
Renamed	C2 and later C70 whilst a hulk
Fate	Broken up 1903
General characteristics
Class and type	Fly-class ship-sloop
Tons burthen	485 69/94 bm
Length	114 ft 4 in (34.8 m) (gundeck); 93 ft 6+1⁄8 in (28.5 m) (keel);
Beam	31 ft 7 in (9.6 m) oa
Depth of hold	14 ft 5 in (4.4 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	120
Armament	2 × 9-pounder bow chasers; 16 × 32-pounder carronades;

HMS Fly was an 18-gun sloop of the Royal Navy. She was responsible for the exploration and charting of much of Australia's north-east coast and nearby islands. She was converted to a coal hulk in 1855 and broken up in 1903.

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