Hellburners
Specialised, explosive fireships used during the Siege Of Antwerp (1584–1585) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Hellburner" redirects here. For the science fiction novel, see Devil to the Belt.
Hellburners (Dutch: hellebranders) were specialised fireships used in the Siege of Antwerp (1584–1585) during the Eighty Years' War between the Dutch rebels and the Habsburgs. They were floating bombs, also called "Antwerp fire", and did immense damage to the Spanish besiegers.[1] Hellburners have been described as an early form of weapons of mass destruction.[2]