Originally Posted by
Fly-by-Wife
I think that there are much earlier examples - e.g. fire ships, which were used centuries ago, notably to break up the Spanish armada at anchorage.
As the Guardian piece noted, if you had bother to read it before commenting.
After Sevastopol, many naval experts said the idea of drone boats was not anything new, citing precedents such as fireships, used repeatedly from ancient times.