HMS ''Fly'' (1813) was a

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built by Jabez Bailey at

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. She was ordered 23 April 1812, launched on 16 February 1813 and commissioned May 1813. She served: * on the Channel station under Sir William G. Parker from May 1813, * on the

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from June 1814 until paid off in April 1815, * on the Cork station, after recommissioning in 1818, until December 1821, * on

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from December 1821, * in South America from 1823, * in East Indies from 1825. In December 1826 ''Fly'', under Captain Frederick Augustus Wetherall, supported the short-lived settlement of

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, in southern

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. She was sold in

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on 10 April 1828.

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fly (1813) Brig-sloops of the Royal Navy 1813 ships Cruizer-class brig-sloops

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