Destroyer

Parent Type: Surface Combatants

Quick Facts

Era: Late 19th Century–Present
Role: Fleet escort and attack warship
Notable For: Torpedoes

Destroyer | Royal Navy History

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Classes in this Type Tree

Other / Unspecified (4)

Cold War (4)

County-class destroyer county – 8 built
Daring-class destroyer (1949) – 10 built
Type 42 destroyer – 14 built
Type 82 destroyer – 1 built

Modern (1)

Type 45 destroyer – 6 built

WWI (2)

V-class destroyer – 25 built
W-class destroyer – 21 built

WWII (4)

J-class destroyer – 8 built
K-class destroyer – 8 built
N-class destroyer – 8 built
Tribal-class destroyer 1936 – 27 built

WWII / Cold War (1)

Battle-class destroyer – 24 built

Ships in this Type Tree

Decommissioned (14)

HMS Daring (D05) – Daring-class destroyer
HMS Exeter (D89) – Type 42 destroyer
HMS Daring (1893) – Daring-class destroyer (1893)
HMS Nubian (F36) – Tribal-class destroyer
HMS Tartar (F43) – Tribal-class destroyer
HMS Ashanti (F51) – Tribal-class destroyer
HMS Eskimo (1937) – Tribal-class destroyer
HMS Jervis (1938) – J-class destroyer
HMS Camperdown (D19) – Battle-class destroyer
HMS Solebay (D70) – Battle-class destroyer
HMS Trafalgar (D77) – Battle-class destroyer
HMS Barfleur (D80) – Battle-class destroyer
HMS Saintes (D84) – Battle-class destroyer
HMS Bristol (D23) – Type 82 destroyer

In service (7)

Lost (11)

HMS Sheffield (D80) – Type 42 destroyer
HMS Daring (H16) – D-class destroyer
HMS Campbeltown (1919) – Town-class destroyer
HMS Cossack (1937) – Tribal-class destroyer
HMS Zulu (F18) – Tribal-class destroyer
HMS Matabele (F26) – Tribal-class destroyer
HMS Mohawk (F31) – Tribal-class destroyer
HMS Somali (F33) – Tribal-class destroyer
HMS Bedouin (F67) – Tribal-class destroyer
HMS Sikh (F82) – Tribal-class destroyer
HMS Kelly (1938) – K-class destroyer

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