Fire Ship

A Fire Ship is a military naval unit that is available in Age of Empires II and Age of Empires III.

Age of Empires II
In Age of Empires II, the fire ship is a small ship with a "flamethrower" mounted in the bow. It has an attack bonus against other ships. it must come in very close to enemy ships in order to attack. It upgrades to Fast Fire Ship. Fire ships are good counters to most ships and deal damage quickly. They may even be employed in shallows against ground troops to good effect. However demolition ships are perfect counters to fast fire ships due to the close proximity with which a fire ship has to attack.

Age of Empires III
A Fire Ship is a naval unit that is basically a Caravel that has been set aflame and has gunpowder and explosives loaded and attached to the ship. The Fire Ship has no attack, but only to ram itself into an enemy's ship or dock, severely damaging the enemy ship or building. Because of this ability the Fire Ship has very low hitpoints.

In the level The Fountain of Youth? The Knights of St. John attempt to destroy the Fountain of Youth using some Fire Ships, but they later find and use a Fixed Gun.

Fire Junk
The Fire Junk is a Chinese ship lit up for suicide missions. It's available from the Dock in the Colonial Age and is identical in stats to a regular Fire Ship. Beyond it's different name there are no differences.