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 ...

were named ''Lucifer'':- * , an 8-gun

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 frame at Rotherhithe, later renamed HMS ''Avenger'', sold at New York City in 1783; sailed to London, and in 1784 became the mercantile ''Flora'' * , a fireship, mercantile ''Elizabeth'', sold at Deptford in 1784 * , an 8-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 ...

, was built as ''Spring'' at Whitby in 1800 and sold to the Royal Navy shortly thereafter. The Royal Navy sold her in 1811. * , a paddle

gunvessel 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 Pre-steam ...

* , a * , a steamship

Citations and references

Citations References * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lucifer, Hms Royal Navy ship names