Fireship
Parent Type: Sailing Warships
Quick Facts
- Era
- 17th–18th Century
- Role
- Disposable incendiary ship
- Notable For
- Setting enemy fleets ablaze
Fireships were sacrificial vessels packed with combustibles and sent into enemy fleets.
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