HMS Destruction

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

Destruction was a Convulsion-class bomb vessel launched in 1804 and sold in 1806.
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.^[1] Prize money for her and the other vessels captured at the battle was paid in July 1821.^[2]

References

^ Paullin and Paxson (1914), p.436.
^ London Gazette: no. 17730. p. 1561. 28 July 1821. Retrieved 31 January 2011.

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. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
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).

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