Also known as fireship, brander
ship filled with combustibles, deliberately set on fire, and then steered or allowed to drift into an enemy fleet
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- ship
- Image
- The Defeat of the French Fireships attacking the British Fleet at Anchor before Quebec.jpg
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- Commons category
- Fire ships
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- different from
- fireboat
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Article · 日本語
火船（かせん、ひぶね）とは、可燃物や爆発物を積載して敵艦船に体当たり攻撃をしかける船のこと。焼き討ち船とも呼ばれる。
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