¶ Intro
Destroyers are the main force of the screening ship class. They serve in a multitude of roles, from escorting, protecting, and direct combat. Their versatile hull and armament makes them fit for every task a fleet may have.
Historically, the Destroyer arose from the “Torpedoboat Destroyer”, a ship specifically designed to protect capital ships from the then new and deadly torpedo. After torpedo boats merged with frigates and corvettes, and the destroyer itself, the word “torpedoboat” dropped from its name, and is now simply known as Destroyer. With the evolution of submarines and aircraft, its screening role became more and more important, to now being the main composition of most fleets on earth.
¶ Vessel Details
¶ Block Requisites
A Destroyer may be between 2250 and 5750 blocks.
- At least 2.5 - 5% must be redstone.
- At least 30% must be concrete.
- Not more than 22% of the total blocks may be terracotta.
- Not more than 7.50% of the total blocks may be chests or barrels.
¶ Armaments
A Destroyer may carry an armament of:
- 6x 5inch Naval Gun
- 4x Anti Aircraft Guns
- 6x Depth Charges
- 8x Torpedoes
¶ Performance
A Destroyer's engine can produce an output of:
- A speed of 15bps
- with a consumption of 0.5 coal
¶ Allowed Blocks
The following blocks can be used to construct a Destroyer:
| Anvil | Banner | Barrel | Bell | Blast Furnace | Bookshelf | Brewing Stand |
| Bricks | Button | Cake | Calcite | Campfire | Candle | Carpet |
| Cartography Table | Cauldron | Chain | Chest | Chiseled Deepslate | Coal Block | Comparator |
| Concrete | Cracked Nether Bricks | Crafting Table | Daylight Detector | Deepslate Bricks (all) | Deepslate Tiles (all) | Dispenser |
| Door | End Stone Bricks | Fence | Fence Gate | Fire | Fletching Table | Flower Pot |
| Furnace | Glass | Glass Pane | Glowstone | Grindstone | Hay Block | Honey Block |
| Hyphae (all) | Iron Bars | Iron Block | Ladder | Lantern | Lectern | Lever |
| Lightning Rod | Log (all) | Loom | Nether Bricks | Note Block | Observer | Planks |
| Polished Andesite | Polished Blackstone | Polished Blackstone Bricks (all) | Polished Deepslate | Polished Diorite | Polished Granite | Pressure Plate (all) |
| Prismarine Bricks | Quartz Bricks | Raw Copper Block | Red Nether Bricks | Redstone | Redstone Block | Redstone Lamp |
| Redstone Torch | Repeater | Scaffolding | Sea Lantern | Signs | Slab | Slime Block |
| Smoker | Soul Campfire | Soul Lantern | Soul Torch | Stairs | Stem (all) | Sticky Piston |
| Stone Bricks (all) | Target Block | Tinted Glass | TNT | Torch | Trapdoor | Trapped Chest |
| Tripwire Hook | Tuff | Wall | Waxed Copper (all) | Wood (all) | Wool | End Rod |
¶ Piloting
To pilot a Destroyer, you may use the command /pilot Destroyer while standing on an eligible Destroyer. Alternatively, you may right click a sign on the craft that has Destroyer written on the first line.
¶ Fuel
Destroyer is fuelled by Coal, Charcoal, Blocks of Coal, and Blocks of Charcoal placed inside an on-board Furnace.
¶ Tips and Examples
A Destroyer is the perfect capital ship protection. With its many guns, depth charges and torpedoes, it packs a severe enough punch against every vessel, to be a threat or deterrent, while also being cheaper than cruisers. The only downside to a Light Cruiser is the lack of 8inch guns, which makes the effect on battleships lower.
You can use coal blocks as a fuel for ships, making the need for refuelling less often.