HMS Lucifer

Six ships of the Royal Navy were named Lucifer:-

  • HMS Lucifer (1778), an 8-gun fireship
  • HMS Lucifer (1783), a fireship
  • HMS Lucifer (1803), an 8-gun bomb vessel, was built as Spring at Whitby in 1800 and sold to the Royal Navy shortly thereafter.[1] The Royal Navy sold her in 1811.[2]
  • HMS Lucifer (1837), a paddle gunvessel
  • HMS Lucifer (1903), a Laforey-class destroyer
  • HMS Lucifer (1856), a steamship

Citations and references

Citations

  1. Weatherill (1908), p. 102.
  2. Winfield (2008), p. 375.

References

  • Weatherill, Richard (1908). The ancient port of Whitby and its shipping. Whitby: Horne and Son.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 1-86176-246-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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