HMS Lucifer explained

Six ships of the Royal Navy were named Lucifer:-

• , an 8-gun fireship purchased in frame at Rotherhithe, later renamed HMS Avenger, sold at New York City in 1783; sailed to London, and in 1784 became the mercantile Flora
• , a fireship, mercantile Elizabeth, sold at Deptford in 1784
• , an 8-gun bomb vessel, was built as Spring at Whitby in 1800 and sold to the Royal Navy shortly thereafter. The Royal Navy sold her in 1811.
• , a paddle gunvessel
• , a
• , a steamship

References

• Book: Weatherill, Richard . 1908 . The ancient port of Whitby and its shipping . Whitby . Horne and Son .
• Book: Winfield, Rif . British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates . Seaforth . 2007. 978-1844157006.
• Book: Winfield, Rif. British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. 2008. 978-1-86176-246-7.