HMS Devastation explained

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

• 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.
• was a paddle sloop launched in 1841 and broken up in 1866.
• was a turret ship launched in 1871 and sold in 1908.