History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | Fly |
Builder | Liverpool |
Launched | 1772 |
Renamed | Tartar (1780) |
Fate | Last listed 1794 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 190, or 200 (bm) |
Armament | 1781:12 × 6-pounder guns |
Fly was a ship launched in 1772 in Liverpool. She then made three voyages to Africa as a slave ship. Circa 1780 she was renamed Tartar. She then made six more slave trading voyages. From circa 1789 she became a local trader. She was last listed in 1794.