HMS Spitfire was a Tisiphone-class fireship of the Royal Navy. She served during the years of peace following the end of the American War of Independence...

1780. HMS Spitfire (1780) was a 14-gun fireship purchased in 1780. Her fate is unknown. HMS Spitfire (1782) was a 16-gun fireship launched in 1782 and sold...

Robert ( United States): The ship was captured by the Royal Navy's HMS Spitfire (1782) while on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Rotterdam, Batavian...

sold in 1750. HMS Speedwell (1752) was an 8-gun sloop, converted to a fireship and renamed HMS Spitfire in 1779, and sold in 1780. HMS Speedwell (1761)...

Three of Howe's ships, the sixth-rate HMS Sphinx, the converted merchantman HMS Vigilant and the row galley HMS Spitfire Galley, bombarded the American troops...

1782. While commanding HMS Russell (74 guns), Saumarez contributed to Rodney's victory over de Grasse at the Battle of the Saintes on 12 April 1782....

Edwards was replaced by Vice-Admiral John Campbell in 1782, and both Luttrell and Seymour moved aboard HMS Mediator. The Mediator then returned to Britain to...

marque Molly 1782, February 28 – French frigate Bellone captures HMS Chaser 1782, April 6 – American privateer Tartar captures HMS Jane 1782, April 8 –...

privateer sloop Charming Sally. On 25 May 1778, Nonsuch's boats captured the Spitfire galley of the Rhode Island Navy at Fall River, Massachusetts, during the...

lieutenant on 13 March 1782 while on duty in Jamaica and promoted to commander on 13 November 1790, in command of the sloop HMS Spitfire. He was then in a...