HMS Firebrand

Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Firebrand.

• HMS Firebrand was an 8-gun fireship launched in 1694 and wrecked in 1707.
• HMS Firebrand 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 HMS Dolphin. 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 purchased in 1777 as HMS Porpoise. She was converted to a fireship and renamed HMS Firebrand in 1778 and was burnt in 1781.
• HMS Firebrand was a fireship purchased in 1794 and broken up in 1800.
• HMS Firebrand was a fireship. She was an ex-French prize purchased in 1804 and wrecked later that year.
• HMS Firebrand was an American gunboat captured at the Battle of Lake Borgne 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.^[1] She remained in service until at least 4 June 1815.^[2] Prize money for her and the other vessels captured at the battle was paid in July 1821.^[3]
• HMS Firebrand was a wood paddle vessel launched in 1831. She was rebuilt in 1834 and renamed HMS Black Eagle in 1843. She was broken up in 1876.
• HMS Firebrand was a wood paddle frigate, ordered as HMS Belzebub, but renamed before being launched in 1842. She was sold in 1864.
• HMS Firebrand was a composite screw gunboat launched in 1877. She was sold out of the service in 1905, being renamed Hoi Tin.
• HMS Firebrand was a tender, previously the War Department vessel Lord Heathfield. She was transferred to the Navy in 1906 and was sold in 1920.
• HMS Firebrand was a sloop launched in 1894 as HMS Torch. 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.

References

Citations

Bibliography

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• Paullin, Charles Oscar and Frederic Logan Paxson (1914) Guide to the materials in London archives for the history of the United States since 1783. (Carnegie Institution of Washington).