Six ships of the

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service, and its officers hold their commissions from the King of the United Kingdom, King. Although warships were used by Kingdom ...

were named ''Lucifer'':- * , an 8-gun

fireship A fire ship or fireship is a large wooden vessel set on fire to be used against enemy ships during a ramming attack or similar maneuver. Fireships were used to great effect against wooden ships throughout naval military history up until the adv ...

purchased in frame at Rotherhithe, later renamed HMS ''Avenger'', sold at New York City in 1783; sailed to London, and in 1784 became the mercantile ''Flora'' * , a fireship, mercantile ''Elizabeth'', sold at Deptford in 1784 * , an 8-gun

bomb vessel A bomb vessel, bomb ship, bomb ketch, or simply bomb was a type of wooden sailing naval ship. Its primary armament was not cannons (Naval long gun, long guns or carronades) – although bomb vessels carried a few cannons for self-defence – but ...

, was built as ''Spring'' at Whitby in 1800 and sold to the Royal Navy shortly thereafter. The Royal Navy sold her in 1811. * , a paddle

gunvessel A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies. History Pre-steam ...

* , a * , a steamship

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