HMS Sandfly (1872)
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Sandfly.
| History | |
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| Name: | HMS Sandfly |
| Builder: | John Cuthbert, Millers Point, New South Wales |
| Launched: | 5 December 1872 |
| Fate: | Sold in 1883 to Samoa. |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type: | Beagle-class schooner |
| Tons burthen: | 120 bm |
| Length: | 77 ft 0 in (23.5 m) |
| Beam: | 18 ft 6 in (5.6 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
| Sail plan: | Schooner |
| Complement: | 27 |
| Armament: | 1 x 12-pounder gun |
HMS Sandfly was a schooner of the Royal Navy, built by John Cuthbert, Millers Point, New South Wales and launched on 5 December 1872.[2] She commenced service on the Australia Station at Sydney in 1873 for anti-blackbirding operations in the South Pacific.[2] She also undertook hydrographic surveys in the Solomon Islands and in New Guinea. Lieutenant Bower and five crew were massacred by natives on the island of Mandoliana, part of the Nggela Islands (then known as the Floridsa), in October 1880, with a punitive mission undertaken afterwards.[3] She was paid off in 1883 and sold to Samoa.[2]
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References
- Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0-86777-348-0
- Winfield, Rif & Lyon, David (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.
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