HMS Fly (1776)

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Fly
Ordered	1 August 1775
Builder	George White, Sheerness Dockyard
Cost	£8,694 8s 4d
Laid down	January 1776
Launched	14 September 1776
Commissioned	July 1776
In service	1776–1802
Fate	Foundered off Newfoundland, January 1802
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Swan-class ship sloop
Tons burthen	30238⁄94 (bm)
Length	Gun deck: 96 ft 7 in (29.4 m) Keel: 78 ft 11+1⁄2 in (24.1 m)
Beam	26 ft 10 in (8.2 m)
Draught	Unladen: 6 ft 9 in (2.1 m) Laden: 10 ft 9 in (3.3 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 10 in (3.9 m)
Complement	125
Armament	Initially: 14 × 6-pounder guns + 16 swivel guns Post-October 1779: 16 × 6-pounder guns Post-1780: Gun deck: 16 × 6-pounder guns + 2 × 12-pounder carronades QD: 4 × 12-pounder carronades

HMS Fly was a Swan-class ship sloop of the Royal Navy, launched on 14 September 1776. She performed mainly convoy escort duties during the French Revolutionary Wars, though she did capture three privateers. She foundered and was lost with all hands early in 1802.