HMS Sandfly (1794)
HMS Sandfly was a Musquito-class floating battery of the Royal Navy. The two-vessel class was intended to defend the Îles Saint-Marcouf (Marcou) situated off the Normandy coast. During her brief career Sandfly shared in the capture of one privateer and participated in a battle that would earn her crew the Naval General Service Medal. The Peace of Amiens returned the islets to France in May 1802; Sandfly was paid off in June 1802 and broken up in 1803.
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HMS Sandfly (1794)
HMS Sandfly was a Musquito-class floating battery of the Royal Navy. The two-vessel class was intended to defend the Îles Saint-Marcouf (Marcou) situated off the Normandy coast. During her brief career Sandfly shared in the capture of one privateer and participated in a battle that would earn her crew the Naval General Service Medal. The Peace of Amiens returned the islets to France in May 1802; Sandfly was paid off in June 1802 and broken up in 1803.
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HMS Sandfly was a Musquito-cla ...... ne 1802 and broken up in 1803.
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1795-03-28
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1794-02-03
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Broken up in 1803
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*Upper deck: 2 x 24-pounder guns
*QD: 2 x 68-pounder carronades
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Wells & Co, Deptford
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Great Britain
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Broken up in 1803
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Ship honours
Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Isle St. Marcou"
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HMS Sandfly
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1794-02-03
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HMS Sandfly was a Musquito-cla ...... ne 1802 and broken up in 1803.
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