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...

name HMS Sandfly. A sandfly is an irritating insect found near beaches. HMS Sandfly (1794) was a 4-gun Musquito-class floating battery launched in 1794. She...

Serpent, Hawk, and Sandfly. On 28 December 1796, Badger and Sandfly captured Rebekah. Next year, on 21 February 1797, Badger, Sandfly, and the hired armed...

HMS Hawke was a former Dutch hoy, one of 19, that the British Admiralty purchased in 1794 for service with the Royal Navy. She seems to have participated...

HMS Serpent was a former Dutch hoy that the British Admiralty purchased in 1794 for service with the Royal Navy. She was paid off in 1796 and was sold...

HMS Shark was a former Dutch hoy that the British Admiralty purchased in 1794 for service with the Royal Navy. In 1795 her crew mutinied and handed her...

and Shark, the fireship Nancy, and the Musquito-class floating battery Sandfly, which he had had purpose-built for the defence of the islands. Lieutenant...

American Station through the channel to anchor there for the first time in 1794) but to the entire northern lagoon, the Great Sound and Hamilton Harbour...