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|Jul, 1915
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|Jul, 1915
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|Nov, 1915
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|Sunk 14 Jun, 1924
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|Sep, 1915
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|Sold 1 Mar, 1923
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|Aug, 1915
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|Sold 1 Mar, 1923
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|Aug, 1915
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|Sold 1 Mar, 1923
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|Sep, 1915
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|Sold 1 Mar, 1923
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|Sep, 1915
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|Sep, 1915
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|Sold 17 Feb, 1923
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|Apr, 1916
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|22 Mar, 1917
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|Collision 26 May, 1923
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|Apr, 1916
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|Sold 26 May, 1923
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|Apr, 1916
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|Sep, 1916
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Revision as of 17:48, 22 August 2013

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.

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

  1. 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 –>