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| Nationality | Great Britain |
| Nominal Guns | 8 |
| Approved | 1779 |
| Designer | |
| Rate | Unrated |
| Type | Fireship |
| Designed Crew | 55 |
| Ships in Class | 9 |
| Design Armament | Broadside Weight = 48.00 Imperial Pound ( 21.77 kg) | BWAS-1714 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gun Deck | 8 x British 12-Pounder | ||
| Design Dimensions and Ship Information | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordered | Shipyard | Launched | Out of service | Fate | Gundeck Length | Length of Keel | Breadth | Depth in hold | Burthen | |
| As Designed | 108' 9" | 90' 6 ½" | 29' 8 ½" | 9' 0" | 425 24⁄94 | |||||
Tisiphone (8)
1781-1816 British 8 Gun Unrated Fireship | 4.11.1779 | Dover - Kent | 9.5.1781 | 11.1.1816 | Sold for Break Up | 108' 9" | 90' 6 ½" | 29' 8 ½" | 9' 0" | 425 24⁄94 |
Alecto (12)
1781-1802 British 12 Gun Unrated Fireship | 1780 | Dover - Kent | 26.5.1781 | 1802 | Sold | 108' 9" | 90' 6 ¾" | 29' 7 ½" | 9' 0" | 422 72⁄94 |
| 4.12.1780 | Sandgate - Kent | 1.2.1782 | 19.7.1817 | Sold | 108' 10 ½" | 90' 7" | 29' 9" | 9' 0" | 426 42⁄94 | |
Spitfire (8)
1782-1825 British 8 Gun Unrated Fireship | 28.11.1780 | Ipswich - Suffolk | 19.3.1782 | 30.7.1825 | Sold for Break Up | 108' 10" | 90' 8" | 29' 7" | 9' 0" | 422 6⁄94 |
Incendiary (8)
1782-1801 British 8 Gun Unrated Fireship | 4.12.1780 | King's Boatbuilders - Dover | 12.8.1782 | 29.1.1801 | Captured | 108' 9" | 90' 7" | 29' 7" | 9' 0" | 421 64⁄94 |
Megaera (8)
1783-1817 British 8 Gun Unrated Fireship | 1781 | Ipswich - Suffolk | 5.1783 | 3.4.1817 | Sold | 108' 11 ½" | 90' 10 ½" | 29' 8" | 9' 0" | 425 40⁄94 |
Vulcan (8)
1783-1793 British 8 Gun Unrated Fireship | 6.3.1782 | Shoreham - Sussex | 12.9.1783 | 18.12.1793 | Expended as Fireship | 108' 9" | 90' 6 ½" | 29' 8 ½" | 9' 0" | 425 24⁄94 |
Conflagration (8)
1783-1793 British 8 Gun Unrated Fireship | 20.2.1782 | Shoreham - Sussex | 28.10.1783 | 18.12.1793 | Burnt to avoid capture | 108' 6" | 90' 9 ¾" | 29' 8 ⅜" | 9' 0" | 425 24⁄94 |
| 1781 | Wivenhoe - Essex | 11.11.1783 | 7.7.1800 | Expended as Fireship | 108' 9" | 90' 8" | 29' 8" | 9' 0" | 424 40⁄94 | |