Destroyer
Quick Facts
- Era
- Late 19th Century–Present
- Role
- Fleet escort and attack warship
- Notable For
- Torpedoes
Destroyer | Royal Navy History
Classes of this Type
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 of this Type
Decommissioned (3)
- HMS Daring (D05) – Daring-class destroyer
- HMS Exeter (D89) – Type 42 destroyer
- HMS Daring (1893) – Daring-class destroyer (1893)
In service (2)
Lost (2)
- HMS Sheffield (D80) – Type 42 destroyer
- HMS Daring (H16) – D-class destroyer