HMS Firebrand (1694)

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There are multiple vessels named HMS Firebrand.

The Royal Navy commissioned a fireship named HMS Firebrand in 1694.[1] It was the first Royal Naval vessel named HMS Firebrand. She served in the Caribbean and Mediterranean.[2] The Firebrand was lost in 1707 when a disastrous navigational error sent Admiral Sir Cloudesly Shovell's fleet through dangerous reefs near the Scilly Isles west of Cornwall.

In 2006 an expedition was dispatched to explore the wreck.[2] It was the first time a fireship of this era had been explored.

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  1. ^ "Canadian Forces Small Ships — the Fire class YTR Rescue Boats", Canadian American Strategic Review. Retrieved on 2008-02-13. "Firebrand is a name with a heritage. The fireship Firebrand was launched in 1694 but the Crimea-era HMS Firebrand is better known." 
  2. ^ a b Caroline Lewis. "Archaelogists investigate 18th Century Scilly Isles Fireship wreck", The National Virtual Museum, July 27, 2006. Retrieved on 2008-02-13. "The dive will be the first archaeological survey of HMS Firebrand and the first physical study of this type of British Royal Navy ship. It sank along with a fleet led by Sir Cloudesly Shovell returning from Gibraltar in October 1707, when navigational error took them on to rocks." 
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