HMS Firebrand
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Eleven ships of the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
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 have borne the name HMS Firebrand.
was an 8-gun fireship launched in 1694 and wrecked in 1707. was an 8-gun fireship, previously the civilian vessel Charming Jenny. She was purchased in 1739 and sold in 1743.
  • HMS Firebrand was a 10-gun fireship, previously a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1731 as . She was converted to a fireship in 1746 and renamed HMS Firebrand in 1755. She was reconverted to a sixth rate in 1757 and renamed HMS Penguin. She was captured by the French in 1760.
  • HMS Firebrand was a fireship, previously a 16-gun sloop
    Sloop-of-war
    In the 18th and most of the 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. As the rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above, this meant that the term sloop-of-war actually encompassed all the unrated combat vessels including the...

     purchased in 1777 as . She was converted to a fireship and renamed HMS Firebrand in 1778 and was burnt in 1781. was a fireship purchased in 1794 and broken up in 1800. was a fireship. She was an ex-French prize purchased in 1804 and wrecked later that year. was an American gunboat captured at the Battle of Lake Borgne
    Battle of Lake Borgne
    The Battle of Lake Borgne was a naval battle between the Royal Navy and the United States Navy in the American South theatre of the War of 1812. It occurred on 14 December 1814 on Lake Borgne and was part of the British advance on New Orleans.-Background:...

     on 14 December 1814. Between December and June 1815 she served in the Gulf of Mexico under the command of (Acting) Lieutenant James Gilmore, who had been at the battle. She remained in service until at least 4 June 1815. Prize money for her and the other vessels captured at the battle was paid in July 1821.
  • HMS Firebrand
    HMS Black Eagle
    HMS Black Eagle was an Admiralty steam yacht launched in 1831, initially named HMS Firebrand. She was rebuilt in 1834, and renamed HMS Black Eagle in 1843. She was broken up in 1876....

     was a wood paddle vessel launched in 1831. She was rebuilt in 1834 and renamed HMS Black Eagle
    HMS Black Eagle
    HMS Black Eagle was an Admiralty steam yacht launched in 1831, initially named HMS Firebrand. She was rebuilt in 1834, and renamed HMS Black Eagle in 1843. She was broken up in 1876....

     in 1843. She was broken up in 1876. was a wood paddle frigate
    Frigate
    A frigate is any of several types of warship, the term having been used for ships of various sizes and roles over the last few centuries.In the 17th century, the term was used for any warship built for speed and maneuverability, the description often used being "frigate-built"...

    , ordered as HMS Belzebub, but renamed before being launched in 1842. She was sold in 1864. was a composite screw gunboat
    Gunboat
    A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.-History:...

     launched in 1877. She was sold out of the service in 1905, being renamed Hoi Tin. was a tender, previously the War Department
    War Office
    The War Office was a department of the British Government, responsible for the administration of the British Army between the 17th century and 1964, when its functions were transferred to the Ministry of Defence...

     vessel Lord Heathfield. She was transferred to the Navy in 1906 and was sold in 1920.
  • HMS Firebrand
    HMS Torch (1894)
    HMS Torch was an Alert-class sloop of the Royal Navy, built at Sheerness Dockyard and launched in 1894. She served in Australia and New Zealand and was transferred to New Zealand as a training ship in 1917, being renamed HMS Firebrand at the same time. She was sold in 1920 and converted to a...

     was a sloop launched in 1894 as . She was given to the New Zealand government in 1917 as a training ship, and was renamed Firebrand. She was sold in 1920.

See also

  • The Canadian Armed Forces Maritime Command also operates a vessel named CFAV Firebrand
    CFAV Firebrand
    The CFAV Firebrand is a in the Royal Canadian Navy.Firebrand is based in CFB Esquimalt, on Vancouver Island.Her sister ship CFAV Firebird is based in CFB Halifax....

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