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FLY (18) Built in 1813, Ipswich (Cruizer class).
Sold in 1828.

  • 1820 John Townsend COFFIN, 08/1819, Cork.
    Paid off at Portsmouth 7 December 1821 after considerable success against American smugglers on the Irish coast.
    Capt. COFFIN also salvaged a vessel from Miramichi Bay in New Brunswick.
    Laden with timber she was dismasted and rudderless and had been abandoned by her crew.
  • 1822 Geo.
    TYLER (who lost his right arm as a midshipman in 1811), 12/1821, Plymouth for service on the Scottish coast. She was also employed off Jersey during a confrontation between local oyster fishermen and the French.
    Paid off 10 October 1822 when Cdr. TYLER was promoted to post rank.
    Edward CURZON, 10/1822 until he too was posted in February 1823, Leith station.
  • 1824 William F. MARTIN, 02/1823, S. America.
  • 1825 Lord William PAGET, 04/1825.
    Frederick WETHERALL, 07/1825, fitting out at Portsmouth for the East Indies station.
  • 1826 Ditto, East Indies.
  • 1827 Follett PENNELL, 11/1826, East Indies.
    Cdr PENNELL was advanced to post rank in July 1828 and FLY was sold at Bombay in the same year.


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