HMS Devastation

Last updated October 02, 2021

Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Devastation.

HMS Devastation (1804) was an 8-gun bomb vessel purchased in 1804 and sold in 1816.
HMS Devastation was to have been a 14-gun bomb vessel. She was laid down in 1820, but was cancelled in 1831.
HMS Devastation (1841) was a paddle sloop launched in 1841 and broken up in 1866.
HMS Devastation (1871) was a Devastation-class turret ship launched in 1871 and sold in 1908.

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