Ship having its mast and sails overwhelmed by destiny (7)
I believe the answer is:
frigate
'ship' is the definition.
(I know that frigate is a type of war ship)
'sails overwhelmed by destiny' is the wordplay.
'sails' becomes 'rig' (I've seen this in other clues).
'overwhelmed by' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters get absorbed or overwhelmed).
'destiny' becomes 'fate' (synonyms).
'rig' put within 'fate' is 'FRIGATE'.
'having its mast and' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for frigate that I've seen before include "US warship" , "Light warship" , "Naval escort vessel" , "Warship; -- bird" , "Warship - seabird" .)