1) Explosive weapon 2) Ship type
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Hellburners (Dutch: hellebranders; brander is Dutch for `burner`) 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. Hellburners have been described as...
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