fireship

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  • Sir W. Pen this day did bring an order from the Duke of York for our receiving from him a small vessel for a fireship, and taking away a better of the King's for it, it being expressed for his great service to the King. —  Diary of Samuel Pepys, March 1666/67
  • On the night of the 4th, Lord Cochrane amused himself, while a fireship was being prepared, by causing a burning tar-barrel to be drifted with the tide towards the enemy's shipping. —  The Life of Thomas Lord Cochrane
  • On the following evening a fireship was despatched; but this also was a failure. —  The Life of Thomas Lord Cochrane
  • A single white-hulled fireship is moored at the lancer pier. —  The Magi'i Of Cyador
  • "When they need us to work on a fireship, it goes to the yard at Fyrad. —  The Magi'i Of Cyador
 

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