Mounted on its original backboard and displayed as its on the ways.
Built for H.M. (Her Majesty's) Government in 1856 they were classified as Gunboats of 232 Tons. They were small fast ships.
Both
HMS Fly
and
HMS Flamer
were wooden, steam-powered
Albacore
-class gunboats built for the British Royal Navy in 1856. Commissioned as part of the "Great Armament" for inshore warfare during the Crimean War, both ships measured 106 feet in length, were armed with heavy 68-pounder guns, and saw service across various global stations
Flamer: Coastal defence in 1868. Hospital ship 1871. Blown ashore during a typhoon at Hong Kong on 22 September 1871 and the wreck then sold
Fly: Broken up in 1862
Catalog SKU: 0004066
