HMS Blast

Last updated October 01, 2021

HMS Blast has been the name of at least five ships of the Royal Navy:

HMS Blast (1695), a 6-gun Serpent-class bomb vessel launched in 1695, converted to a storeship in 1721, and broken up in 1724.
HMS Blast (1740), a Basilisk-class bomb vessel launched in 1740.
HMS Blast (1756), a fire ship purchased in 1756.
HMS Blast (1759), a 8-gun Infernal-class bomb vessel launched in 1759.
HMS Druid (1776), a 16-gun sloop purchased in 1776, converted to a fire ship in 1779 and renamed HMS Blast, and sold in 1783.

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