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Fire Ship

• Francis Drake's attack on the Spanish Armada moored at Gravelines in 1588. The fire ships did no damage, but the Spanish scattered in panic and were easy prey for English ships.
• Maarten Tromp's attack on the Spanish fleet moored off the Kent coast in the battle of the Downs in 1639. The Spanish fleet was destroyed.
• Michiel de Ruyter's attack on the anchored English fleet at the battle of Solebay in 1672 in which HMS Royal James was burned and her captain Edward Montagu killed.
• The Russian attack on the Turkish fleet at the battle of Chesma, 1770.
• Thomas Cochrane's attack on the French in the battle of the Basque Roads in 1809.
• Many Greek attacks on Turkish ships during the Greek War of Independence, 1821–1832

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