HMS Spitfire (1782)
HMS Spitfire was a fireship of the Royal Navy. She served during the years of peace following the end of the American War of Independence, and by the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars, had been reclassified as a 14-gun sloop-of-war. Spitfire went on to serve under a number of notable commanders during a successful career that saw her capture a considerable number of French privateers and small naval vessels. She spent most of her career in Home waters, though during the later part of her life she sailed further afield, to the British stations in North America and West Africa. She survived the Napoleonic Wars and was eventually sold in 1825 after a period spent laid up.
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HMS Spitfire (1782)
HMS Spitfire was a fireship of the Royal Navy. She served during the years of peace following the end of the American War of Independence, and by the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars, had been reclassified as a 14-gun sloop-of-war. Spitfire went on to serve under a number of notable commanders during a successful career that saw her capture a considerable number of French privateers and small naval vessels. She spent most of her career in Home waters, though during the later part of her life she sailed further afield, to the British stations in North America and West Africa. She survived the Napoleonic Wars and was eventually sold in 1825 after a period spent laid up.
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1782-07-18
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3.29184e+1
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1780-11-28
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1782-03-19
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Sold for breaking up on 30 July 1825
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*As fireship: 8 x 12-pounder ...... pounder guns
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Stephen Teague, Ipswich
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*55
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December 1780
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1782-03-19
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HMS Spitfire
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1780-11-28
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