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This painting of the Battle of Scheveningen (10 August 1653), by Jan Abrahamszoon Beerstraaten, focuses on the fighting around Admiral Tromp's flagship the Brederode. To the right two ships are burning after fireship attacks - probably the Andrew and the Triumph, both of which survived. A third English ship, the Oak was destroyed by a fireship.
Picture reproduced with the kind permission of Seaforth Publishing
Fireship: The Terror Weapon of the Age of Sail, Peter Kirsch. A lavishly illustrated look at one of the most feared weapons of the age of sail. This is a very impressive piece of work – well written and researched, wide ranging in scope and with detailed accounts of most of the key fireship attacks from the sixteenth century wars against Spain to the Greek War of Independence. An essential read for anyone interested in naval warfare in the age of sail. [see more]
