List of ships named Spitfire
Spitfire or HMS Spitfire were the names of several ships of the Royal Navy . The name means "fire spout" and is a glossed over translation of the Spanish cacafuego (in German: Feuerkacker ) captured by Sir Francis Drake .
Ship list
| designation | Ship type | Class / type | Construction year | Shipyard | Owner | period of service | Whereabouts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SpitfireReceipt ? | Galley with 8 cannons | 1778 | Royal Navy | Captured by the French in 1779 | |||
| Spitfire | 8 cannon sloop | Cruizer class | 1752 | Chatham Dockyard | Royal Navy | 1779 to 1780 | Sold in 1780 |
| SpitfireReceipt ? | Incendiary ship with 14 cannons | 1780 | Royal Navy | Bought in 1780 | |||
| Spitfire Receipt ? | Incendiary ship with 16 cannons | 1782 | Royal Navy | Sold in 1825 | |||
| SpitfireReceipt ? | 6 cannon schooner | 1793 | Royal Navy | Sunk in 1794 | |||
| SpitfireReceipt ? | French schooner | Royal Navy | Decommissioned in 1800 | ||||
| SpitfireReceipt ? | Paddle steamer | 1834 | Royal Navy | Sunk in 1842 | |||
| Spitfire | Gunboat , paddle steamer | 1845 | Charles Lungley, Deptford Dockyard | Royal Navy | Research ship from 1851, tug ship from 1862 | Wrecked in 1888 | |
| SpitfireReceipt ? | destroyer | Swordfish class | 1895 | Royal Navy | Sold in 1912 | ||
| SpitfireReceipt ? | destroyer | Acasta class | 1912 | Royal Navy | Sold for scrapping in 1921 | ||
| SpitfireReceipt ? | destroyer | C- and D-Class (Royal Navy) | 1943 | Royal Navy | Renamed Cambrian in 1942 before it was launched |
See also
literature
- JJ Colledge, Ben Warlow: Ships of the Royal Navy. A Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present , 2010, ISBN 1-61200-027-4 , pp. 380-381 ( online )