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  Fireship: The Terror Weapon of the Age of Sail
Fireship: The Terror Weapon of the Age of Sail 
The fireship was the guided missile of the age of sail. Packed with incendiary (and sometimes explosive) material, it was aimed at its highly inflammable wooden target by volunteers who bailed out at the last moment. Although it often missed its target, the panic it caused among the crews--who generally could not swim and had no method of safely abandoning ship--did the job. The most famous example of its use was the English attack off Gravelines in 1588 that led to the rout of the Spanish Armada and the adoption of the fireship as an integral part of the British fleet.

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Kirsch, Peter
Number of Pages

320
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hardcover
Date

2009
ISBN

1591142709
ISBN13

9781591142706
 
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