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! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 16 vessels | |||
|- | |||
| colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small> | |||
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! align=center | Name | |||
! align=center | Builder | |||
! align=center | Laid Down | |||
! align=center | Launched | |||
! align=center | Completed | |||
! align=center | Fate | |||
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| {{Template:UK-Butterfly}} | |||
|[[Yarrow & Company]] | |||
| | |||
|Jul, 1915 | |||
|Nov, 1915 | |||
|Sold 1 Mar, 1923 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{Template:UK-Cranefly}} | |||
|[[Yarrow & Company]] | |||
| | |||
|Aug, 1915 | |||
| | |||
|Sold 1 Mar, 1923 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{Template:UK-Dragonfly}} | |||
|[[Yarrow & Company]] | |||
| | |||
|Jul, 1915 | |||
| | |||
|Sold 16 Feb, 1923 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{Template:UK-Firefly}} | |||
|[[Yarrow & Company]] | |||
| | |||
|Jul, 1915 | |||
|Nov, 1915 | |||
|Sunk 14 Jun, 1924 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{Template:UK-Gadfly}} | |||
|[[Yarrow & Company]] | |||
| | |||
|Aug, 1915 | |||
| | |||
|Transferred 1922 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{Template:UK-Grayfly}} | |||
|[[Yarrow & Company]] | |||
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|Jul, 1915 | |||
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|Transferred 1923 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{Template:UK-Greenfly}} | |||
|[[Yarrow & Company]] | |||
| | |||
|Sep, 1915 | |||
| | |||
|Sold 1 Mar, 1923 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{Template:UK-Mayfly}} | |||
|[[Yarrow & Company]] | |||
| | |||
|Aug, 1915 | |||
| | |||
|Sold 1 Mar, 1923 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{Template:UK-Sawfly}} | |||
|[[Yarrow & Company]] | |||
| | |||
|Aug, 1915 | |||
| | |||
|Sold 1 Mar, 1923 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{Template:UK-Snakefly}} | |||
|[[Yarrow & Company]] | |||
| | |||
|Sep, 1915 | |||
| | |||
|Sold 1 Mar, 1923 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{Template:UK-Stonefly}} | |||
|[[Yarrow & Company]] | |||
| | |||
|Sep, 1915 | |||
| | |||
|Sold 1 Mar, 1923 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{Template:UK-Waterfly}} | |||
|[[Yarrow & Company]] | |||
| | |||
|Sep, 1915 | |||
| | |||
|Sold 17 Feb, 1923 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{Template:UK-Blackfly}} | |||
|[[Yarrow & Company]] | |||
| | |||
|Apr, 1916 | |||
|22 Mar, 1917 | |||
|Collision 26 May, 1923 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{Template:UK-Caddisfly}} | |||
|[[Yarrow & Company]] | |||
| | |||
|Apr, 1916 | |||
| | |||
|Sold 26 May, 1923 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{Template:UK-Hoverfly}} | |||
|[[Yarrow & Company]] | |||
| | |||
|Apr, 1916 | |||
| | |||
|Sold 26 May, 1923 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{Template:UK-Sedgefly}} | |||
|[[Yarrow & Company]] | |||
| | |||
|Sep, 1916 | |||
| | |||
|Sold 26 May, 1923 | |||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
