About: HMS Firedrake

Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Firedrake after the legendary creature: * was a 12-gun bomb vessel 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 purchased in 1794 and sold in 1807. * HMS Firedrake (1912) was an Acheron-class destroyer launched in 1912 and sold in 1921. * HMS Firedrake (H79) was an F-class destroyer launched in 1934 and sunk in 1942. This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.