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Overall, 59fireshipattacks were carried out, of which 39 were successful.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.An explosion ship or "hellburner" was a variation on thefireship, intended to cause damage by blowing up in proximity to enemy ships.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The role of incendiary vessels changed throughout the age of the modernfireship.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.At sea, a well-handled ship could evade afireshipand disable it with cannon fire.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.By this time, however, admirals and captains had become very experienced with the limitations offireshipattacks and had learned how to avoid them during battle.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Constantine soon distinguished himself as afireshipcaptain.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It consisted of eight smaller two-decked ships, a few larger frigates, and fire ships.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Accidental fires destroyed many ships, so fire ships presented a terrifying threat.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The fleet consisted of a total of 18 ships of the line, 1 frigate and 2 fire ships.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They tried to use fire ships, but these, too, had trouble reaching the enemy.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A boom was constructed across the harbour and three fire ships prepared.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Ships used as fire ships were usually old and worn out or purpose-built inexpensive vessels.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Fire ships were most devastating against fleets which were at anchor or otherwise restricted in movement.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.British boats were able to pull the fire ships on shore where they could do no harm.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The defenders of the city tried to send fire ships to ignite the bridge.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The powder magazines ignited and cannons burst as the fire ship's explosion rocked the bay.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The idea was to sail at night until the fire ships were near the entrances of the target ports.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He also proposed using fire ships from the sea, although they were never used.
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