- ship or
fireship is a
large wooden vessel set on fire to be used
against enemy ships during a
ramming attack or
similar maneuver.
Fireships were used...
- The
Fireship is a 1975
novel by
British naval historian C.
Northcote Parkinson, one of a
series of
nautical novels by the author. It is set in the late...
- "
Fireship" (alternatively
titled "The Fire Ship", "The
Fireship", or "Dark and
Rolling Eye") is a risqué
variation of the song "Roving Kind". The original...
- The Baie
Chaleur Fireship, more
commonly referred to as the
Chaleur Phantom or the
Phantom Ship, is a form of
ghost light, an
unusual visual phenomenon...
-
Fireships is the 19th
studio album by
English singer and
songwriter Peter Hammill.
Originally released in 1992, it was the
first release on Hammill's...
- In
Canadian ghostlore, the
Ghost Ship of
Northumberland Strait is a
ghost ship said to sail
ablaze within the
Northumberland Strait, the body of water...
-
temporarily outnumbered. A
fireship was laid
alongside the Torbay,
setting it alight.
Fortunately for
Hopsonn the
fireship,
laden with
snuff from the...
- HMS
Eagle in 1660, used as a
fireship from 1674 and sunk as a
foundation in 1694. HMS Eagle (1670) was a 6-gun
fireship captured from the
Algerians in...
- De Ruyter's
squadron at that
moment consisted of 23
warships and six
fireships, with a
total of
about 600
cannon and 1,700 men. As De
Ruyter reported...
- of 18
ships and 18
fireships,
which was to
attack the
enemy ahead of the main
force and
attempt to
cause confusion with its
fireships. However, this failed...
