HMS Infernal

Four vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Infernal:

• HMS Infernal (1757) was an 8-gun bomb vessel, built in West Northam in 1757 and sold in 1774.
• HMS Infernal (1778) was a 6-gun fireship, constructed on the River Thames in 1778 and sold out of service in 1783.
• HMS Infernal (1815) was a 6-gun bomb vessel, built in 1815 and sold out of service in 1831.
• HMS Infernal (1843) was a 6-gun paddle sloop built in 1843, renamed Eclair in 1844 and Rosamund in 1846. She was converted to a floating factory in 1863 and broken up two years later.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2010) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (4th Rev. ed.). Newbury: Casemate. ISBN 978-1-935149-07-1.