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Latest revision as of 20:38, 6 April 2018
Britain launched sixteen Fly Class Gunboats in 1915 and 1916 for use on the Tigris.
They were built in sections and re-assembled on the Tigris – the dates of launch cited here are when their sections were shipped out from the builders.
| Overview of 16 vessels | |||||
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| Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| Butterfly | Yarrow & Company | Jul, 1915 | Nov, 1915 | Sold 1 Mar, 1923 | |
| Cranefly | Yarrow & Company | Aug, 1915 | Sold 1 Mar, 1923 | ||
| Dragonfly | Yarrow & Company | Jul, 1915 | Sold 16 Feb, 1923 | ||
| Firefly | Yarrow & Company | Jul, 1915 | Nov, 1915 | Sunk 14 Jun, 1924 | |
| Gadfly | Yarrow & Company | Aug, 1915 | Transferred 1922 | ||
| Grayfly | Yarrow & Company | Jul, 1915 | Transferred 1923 | ||
| Greenfly | Yarrow & Company | Sep, 1915 | Sold 1 Mar, 1923 | ||
| Mayfly | Yarrow & Company | Aug, 1915 | Sold 1 Mar, 1923 | ||
| Sawfly | Yarrow & Company | Aug, 1915 | Sold 1 Mar, 1923 | ||
| Snakefly | Yarrow & Company | Sep, 1915 | Sold 1 Mar, 1923 | ||
| Stonefly | Yarrow & Company | Sep, 1915 | Sold 1 Mar, 1923 | ||
| Waterfly | Yarrow & Company | Sep, 1915 | Sold 17 Feb, 1923 | ||
| Blackfly | Yarrow & Company | Apr, 1916 | 22 Mar, 1917 | Collision 26 May, 1923 | |
| Caddisfly | Yarrow & Company | Apr, 1916 | Sold 26 May, 1923 | ||
| Hoverfly | Yarrow & Company | Apr, 1916 | Sold 26 May, 1923 | ||
| Sedgefly | Yarrow & Company | Sep, 1916 | Sold 26 May, 1923 | ||
Design
The vessels were as follows:[1]
- 98 tons
- 126 feet overall (102 pp)
- 20 foot beam
- 2 foot draught
- 175 I.H.P. for 9.5 knots
Armament
- one 4-in
- one 12-pdr
- one 6-pdr (or one 2-pdr)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 106.
Bibliography
| Fly Class Gunboat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Order | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Butterfly | Cranefly | Dragonfly | Firefly | Gadfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grayfly | Greenfly | Mayfly | Sawfly | Snakefly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stonefly | Waterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Second Order | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Blackfly | Caddisfly | Hoverfly | Sedgefly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| <– | H.M.S. Kinsha | Small Fry (UK) | Insect Class | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| <– | H.M.S. Kinsha | Gunboats (UK) | Insect Class | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
