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Fire ship

A fire ship or fireship is a large wooden vessel set on fire to be used against enemy ships during a ramming attack or similar maneuver. Fireships were used to great effect against wooden ships throughout naval military history up until the advent of metal-hulled ships; they could also serve a considerable function in shock and awe strategies to harm the…

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related to Notable uses · 77
Fire ship → Admirable, Alexander, Alexander's, Antwerp, Athenian, Barlovento, Basque Roads, Battle, BC, Both, Burning, Cao Cao, Cap Bon, Chesma, Chios, Danish, Destruction, Downs, Dutch, Dutch Raid
related to Age of fighting sail, refinement · 30
Fire ship → Allied, Basque Roads, Battle, Because, British, British Navy's Thomas Cochrane, British Royal Navy, Crusades, Dutch, Fire, Grappling, Holmes's Bonfire, Initially, Medieval, Most, Napoleonic Wars, Navarino, Of, On, Royal Navy
related to 19th and 20th centuries, obsolescence · 14
Fire ship → American Civil War, Battle, Confederate States Navy, During, Forts Jackson, From, Head, Mississippi River, Passes, Philip, St, The, These, Union
related to Use in the Greek War of Independence · 14
Fire ship → Aegean Sea, As, Chios, Greek, Greek War, Greeks, In, Independence, It, June, Many, Ottoman, The, Turkish
related to Ancient era, first uses · 11
Fire ship → Battle, BC, Carthaginian, During, Lake Tunis, Macedonian, Roman, Siege, The Tyrians, Third Punic War, Tyre
related to External links · 4
Fire ship → Fire, Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2

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galleys.The role of incendiary vessels changed throughout the age of the modern fire shipinstance ofor to wait until the fire ship had been abandoned and then tow it aside with small maneuverable vessels0.80text
Boulogneinstance ofwhen the British began to use hastily outfitted fire ships at engagements0.80text
Dunkirk despite the presence of purpose-built fire ships in the fleetinstance ofwhen the British began to use hastily outfitted fire ships at engagements0.80text
pine knotsinstance ofThese were flatboats loaded with flammable materials0.80text
rosininstance ofThese were flatboats loaded with flammable materials0.80text
Fire shiprelated to 19th and 20th centuries, obsolescenceFrom0.60section
Fire shiprelated to 19th and 20th centuries, obsolescenceDuring0.60section
Fire shiprelated to 19th and 20th centuries, obsolescenceAmerican Civil War0.60section
Fire shiprelated to 19th and 20th centuries, obsolescenceConfederate States Navy0.60section
Fire shiprelated to 19th and 20th centuries, obsolescenceMississippi River0.60section
Fire shiprelated to 19th and 20th centuries, obsolescenceThese0.60section
Fire shiprelated to 19th and 20th centuries, obsolescenceThe0.60section

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