HMS Strombolo
Introduction Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name '''HMS ''Strombolo''''', or '''HMS ''Stromboli''''', after the volcano Stromboli, in Italy:*  was an 8-gun fireship launched in 1691, rebuilt in 1704 and sold in 1713. *  was an 8-gun fireship, formerly the civilian ''Mollineaux''. She was purchased in 1739 and sold in 1743. *  was an 8-gun fireship, formerly the civilian ''Owner's Goodwill''. She was purchased in 1756 and sold in 1768. * HMS ''Strombolo'' was a fireship, launched in 1746 as the 14-gun sloop . She was converted to a fireship and renamed ''Strombolo'' in 1775 and was hulked in 1780. * HMS ''Strombolo'' (1797?) was a purchased gunboat based at Gibraltar that the Spanish sank during the action of 19 January 1799. *  was an 8-gun bomb vessel, launched in 1795 at North Shields as the mercantile ''Leander''. The Royal Navy purchased her in 1797, converted her to a bomb-vessel, and renamed her. She participated in the capture of Malta in 1800.The Navy laid her up in 1802 and had her broken up in 1809. * HMS ''Strombolo'' was a bomb vessel, formerly the 14-gun sloop HMS ''Autumn'', the merchantman ''Autumn'', launched at Shields in 1800 and purchased in 1801.She was converted to a bomb vessel and renamed ''Strombolo'' in 1811; she was sold in 1815.She returned to mercantile service but was lost in 1817. *  was a wooden paddle sloop launched in 1839 and sold in 1866.
See also *  (or '''''Stromboli''''') was a ketch launched in 1793 at the Bombay Dockyard for the Bombay Marine. She foundered on 18 September or 15 October 1809.
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