Comments by "Dave Sisson" (@Dave_Sisson) on "Destroyers - Concept and Development (1860-1914)" video.

  1. I suspect the term 'Destroyer' for a naval vessel was in use long before 1860. There is a biography of Matthew Flinders, a Napoleonic era Royal Navy captain and explorer called 'My own destroyer', which is allegedly a quote from him when he got his first command. Were ships of circa 1800 ever called destroyers? https://www.amazon.com/MY-OWN-DESTROYER-Biography-Navigator/dp/B0010ZID80
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