Hellburners (Dutch: hellebranders; brander is Dutch for "fireship") are 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. The attack against the ship bridge The hellburners were constructed by the Italian engineer Federigo Giambelli, who had been hired and subsidised by Elisabeth I of England, unofficially sup… (More on Hellburners)