List of destroyers
This is a list of destroyer classes.
Australia (RAN)
China
France (Marine Nationale)
Germany (Bundesmarine)
Holland (Koninklijke Marine)
India
Japan (Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force)
Poland
Portugal Navy
Spain (Armada Espanola)
South Korea
Russia/USSR
Taiwan
Turkey
United Kingdom (Royal Navy)
Pre-World War I and World War I classes
- Havock class — 2 ships, 1893
- Daring class — 2 ships, 1893–1894
- Ardent
class — 3 ships, 1894–1895
- Charger class — 3 ships, 1894
- Haughty class — 2 ships, 1895
- Janus
class — 3 ships, 1895
- Snapper class — 2 ships, 1895
- Banshee class — 5 ships, 1893–1894
- Fervent class — 2 ships, 1895
- Conflict class — 3 ships, 1894–1895
- Handy
class — 3 ships, 1895
- Opossum class — 3 ships, 1895
- Rocket
class — 3 ships, 1894
- Sturgeon class — 3 ships, 1894–1895
- Swordfish class — 3 ships, 1895
- Desperate class — 4 ships, 1896
- Quail
class — 4 ships, 1895
- Angler
class — 2 ships, 1897
- Avon
class — 3 ships, 1896–1897
- Earnest class — 6 ships, 1896–1897
- Star
class — 6 ships, 1896–1897
- Brazen
class — 4 ships, 1896–1898
- Violet
class — 2 ships, 1897
- Mermaid class — 2 ships, 1897–1898
- Gypsy
class — 3 ships, 1897
- Coquette class — 3 ships, 1897–1898
- Bullfinch class — 3 ships, 1898
- Fawn
class — 6 ships, 1897–1899
- Spiteful class — 2 ships, 1899
- Greyhound class — 3 ships, 1900–1901
- Myrmidon class — 2 ships, 1900
- Falcon
class — 2 ships, 1899–1900
- Palmer
class — 5 ships, 1903–1907
- Tribal class — 13 ships,
1907–1909
- River class
— 33 ships, 1903–1905
- Beagle class — 16 ships,
1909–1910
- Acorn
class — 20 ships, 1910–1911
- Acheron class — 29 ships, 1910–1915
- Acasta
class — 20 ships, 1912–1913
- Laforey class — 22 ships, 1913–1915
- M
class — 107 ships, 1914–1916
- Lightfoot class — 7 ships, 1915–1916
- Faulknor class — 4 ships, 1914
- Talisman class — 5 ships, 1914–1916
- Parker
class — 6 ships, 1916–1917
- R
class — 62 ships, 1916–1918
- S
class — 77 ships, 1916–1920
- V and W class — 67 ships,
1916–1919
- Town class — 50 ships from three classes of
United States Navy destroyers, 1917–1920
Post-World War I and World War II classes
- A class — 11 ships, 1929–1930
- B class — 9 ships, 1930
- C and D class — 14 ships,
1931–1932
- E and F class — 18 ships, 1934
- G and H class — 24 ships,
1935–1936
- I class — 11 ships, 1936–1937
- Tribal class (1936) — 27
ships, 1936–1944
- J and K class — 16 ships,
1938–1939
- Hunt class — 83 ships (20 Batch I, 33 Batch II,
28 Batch III, 2 Batch IV), 1939–1942
- L and M class — 16 ships,
1939–1942
- N class — 8 ships, 1940–1941
- O and P class — 16 ships,
1941–1942
- Q and R class — 16 ships,
1941–1942
- S and T class — 16 ships,
1942–1943
- U and V class — 16 ships,
1942–1943
- W and Z class — 16 ships,
1943–1944
- C class — 32 ships,
1943–1945
- Battle class — 23 ships (16 Batch I, 7 Batch
II), 1943–1946
Post-World War II classes
United States
See also: list of destroyers of the United States Navy
- Bainbridge class — 13 ships,
1900–1902
- Truxtun class — 3 ships, 1901
- Smith class — 5 ships,
1908–1909
- Paulding class — 21 ships,
1909–1912
- cassin class — 8 ships,
1912–1913
- O'Brien class — 6 ships, 1914–1915
- Tucker
class — 6 ships, 1915
- Sampson class — 6 ships, 1916
- Caldwell class — 6 ships, 1917–1918
- Wickes class — 111 ships,
1917–1919
- Clemson class — 164 ships,
1919–1921
- Farragut class — 8 ships, 1934–1935
- Porter
class — 8 ships, 1935–1936
- Mahan class — 18 ships,
1936–1936
- Gridley class — 4 ships, 1936–1938
- Bagley
class — 8 ships, 1936–1937
- Somers
class — 5 ships, 1937–1938
- Benham class — 10 ships,
1938–1939
- Sims class — 12 ships,
1938–1939
- Benson
class — 96 ships, 1939–1943
- Fletcher class — 175 ships,
1942–1944
- Allen M. Sumner class
— 58 ships
- Gearing class — 98 ships,
1944–1946
- Mitscher class — 4 ships, 1952
- Dealey
class — 13 ships, 1953–1957
- Forrest Sherman class
— 18 ships, 1956–1958
- Claud Jones class — 4 ships, 1958–1959
- Farragut class — 10 ships, 1958–1960
- Charles F. Adams class
— 23 ships, 1959–1963
- Spruance class — 30 ships,
1973–1979
- Kidd class, a modified Spruance class
— 5 ships, 1979–1982
- Arleigh Burke class — 36
ships, 1989– (further ships are being constructed or planned)
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