Six ships of the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...
have borne the name HMS ''Firedrake'' after the legendary
creature:
* was a 12-gun
bomb vessel
A bomb vessel, bomb ship, bomb ketch, or simply bomb was a type of wooden sailing naval ship. Its primary armament was not cannons ( long guns or carronades) – although bomb vessels carried a few cannons for self-defence – but mortars mounte ...
launched in 1688 and captured by the French in 1689.
* was a 12-gun bomb vessel launched in 1693. She foundered in 1710.
* was a 12-gun bomb vessel launched in 1741 and sold in 1763.
* was a
fireship
A fire ship or fireship, used in the days of wooden rowed or sailing ships, was a ship filled with combustibles, or gunpowder deliberately set on fire and steered (or, when possible, allowed to drift) into an enemy fleet, in order to destroy sh ...
purchased in 1794 and sold in 1807.
* was an launched in 1912 and sold in 1921.
* was an
F-class destroyer launched in 1934 and sunk in 1942.
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Royal Navy ship names