HMS Incendiary (1782)

Incendiary
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Incendiary
Builder	Thomas King, Dover
Launched	12 August 1782
Honours and awards	Naval General Service Medal (NGSM) with clasps:[1] "1 June 1794" "23 June 1795"
Fate	Captured 29 January 1801 and scuttled
General characteristics [2]
Class and type	Tisiphone-class fireship
Tons burthen	421+64⁄94 bm
Length	108 ft 9 in (33.1 m) (overall); 90 ft 7 in (27.6 m) (keel)
Beam	29 ft 7 in (9.0 m)
Depth of hold	9 ft 0 in (2.7 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	55
Armament	8 × 12-pounder guns

HMS Incendiary was an 8-gun fireship of the Royal Navy. She was present at a number of major battles during the French Revolutionary Wars, and captured, or participated in the capture, of several armed vessels. In January 1801 she was in the Gulf of Cadiz where she encountered Admiral Ganteume's squadron. The 80-gun French Navy ship of the line Indivisible received the credit for the actual capture.