Fly Class Gunboat (1915)

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
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Butterfly	Yarrow		Jul, 1915	Nov, 1915	Sold 1 Mar, 1923
Cranefly	Yarrow		Aug, 1915		Sold 1 Mar, 1923
Dragonfly	Yarrow		Jul, 1915		Sold 16 Feb, 1923
Firefly	Yarrow		Jul, 1915	Nov, 1915	Sunk 14 Jun, 1924
Gadfly	Yarrow		Aug, 1915		Transferred 1922
Grayfly	Yarrow		Jul, 1915		Transferred 1923
Greenfly	Yarrow		Sep, 1915		Sold 1 Mar, 1923
Mayfly	Yarrow		Aug, 1915		Sold 1 Mar, 1923
Sawfly	Yarrow		Aug, 1915		Sold 1 Mar, 1923
Snakefly	Yarrow		Sep, 1915		Sold 1 Mar, 1923
Stonefly	Yarrow		Sep, 1915		Sold 1 Mar, 1923
Waterfly	Yarrow		Sep, 1915		Sold 17 Feb, 1923
Blackfly	Yarrow		Apr, 1916	22 Mar, 1917	Collision 26 May, 1923
Caddisfly	Yarrow		Apr, 1916		Sold 26 May, 1923
Hoverfly	Yarrow		Apr, 1916		Sold 26 May, 1923
Sedgefly	Yarrow		Sep, 1916		Sold 26 May, 1923

Design

The vessels were as follows:

• 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

• Wikipedia