HMS Destruction

At least two vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Destruction.

HMS Destruction (1804)

History
UK
Name:	HMS Destruction
Ordered:	22 May 1804
Laid down:	August 1804
Launched:	3 September 1804
Fate:	Sold 1806
General characteristics [1]
Tonnage:	76​^81⁄94 (bm)
Length:	Overall:60 ft 0 in (18.3 m) Keel:49 ft 0 ^1⁄2 in (14.9 m)
Beam:	17 ft 2 in (5.2 m)
Depth of hold:	7 ft 0 in (2.1 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Schooner
Armament:	4 × 18-pounder carronades + 1 × 10" mortar

Destruction was a Convulsion-class bomb vessel launched in 1804. Lieutenant Peter Wright commissioned her in 1805 for the Downs station. She was paid off in June 1806 and sold on 27 August 1806.[1]

HMS Destruction (1814)

Destruction was an American gunboat captured at the Battle of Lake Borgne on 14 December 1814. She remained in service until at least 4 June 1815.[2] Prize money for her and the other vessels captured at the battle was paid in July 1821.[3]

Citations and references

Citations

1. Winfield (2008), p. 376.
2. Paullin and Paxson (1914), p.436.
3. "No. 17730". The London Gazette. 28 July 1821. p. 1561.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
• Paullin, Charles Oscar and Frederic Logan Paxson (1914) Guide to the materials in London archives for the history of the United States since 1783. (Carnegie Institution of Washington).
• Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 1-86176-246-1.