Ship Type

Destroyer

Parent Type: Surface Combatants

air defence

Destroyer | Royal Navy History

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 (53)

HMS Daring (D05) – Daring-class destroyer
HMS Exeter (D89) – Type 42 destroyer
HMS Daring (1893) – Daring-class destroyer
HMS Havock (1893) – Havock-class destroyer
HMS Hunter (1895) – A-class destroyer
HMS Zebra (1895) – A-class destroyer
HMS Viper (1899) – Viper-class destroyer
HMS Cobra (1900) – Cobra-class destroyer
HMS Vampire (1917) – V-class destroyer
HMS Vanoc (1917) – V-class destroyer
HMS Wakeful (1917) – W-class destroyer
HMS Westminster (1918) – W-class destroyer
HMS Campbeltown (1930) – Town-class destroyer
HMS Cossack (1937) – Tribal-class destroyer
HMS Eskimo (1937) – Tribal-class destroyer
HMS Nubian (F36) – Tribal-class destroyer
HMS Tartar (F43) – Tribal-class destroyer
HMS Ashanti (F51) – Tribal-class destroyer
HMS Jervis (1938) – J-class destroyer
HMS Kelly (1938) – K-class destroyer
HMS Lightning (1940) – L-class destroyer
HMS Musketeer (1940) – M-class destroyer
HMS Onslow (1941) – O-class destroyer
HMS Pakenham (1941) – P-class destroyer
HMS Quilliam (1942) – Q-class destroyer
HMS Raider (1942) – R-class destroyer
HMS Barrosa (1943) – Battle-class destroyer
HMS Saumarez (1943) – S-class destroyer
HMS Tenacious (1943) – T-class destroyer
HMS Ursa (1943) – U-class destroyer
HMS Verulam (1943) – V-class destroyer
HMS Zest (1943) – Z-class destroyer
HMS Wakeful (1944) (1944) – W-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 Daring (D05) (1949) – Daring-class destroyer (1949)
HMS Decoy (D106) (1950) – Daring-class destroyer (1949)
HMS Devonshire (D02) (1960) – County-class destroyer
HMS London (D16) (1961) – County-class destroyer
HMS Bristol (D23) (1969) – Type 82 destroyer
HMS Bristol (D23) – Type 82 destroyer
HMS Sheffield (D80) (1971) – Type 42 destroyer
HMS Coventry (D118) (1974) – Type 42 destroyer
HMS Exeter (D89) (1979) – Type 42 destroyer
HMS Daring (D32) (2006) – Type 45 destroyer
HMS Dauntless (D33) (2007) – Type 45 destroyer
HMS Diamond (D34) (2007) – Type 45 destroyer
HMS Dragon (D35) (2008) – Type 45 destroyer
HMS Defender (D36) (2009) – Type 45 destroyer
HMS Duncan (D37) (2010) – Type 45 destroyer

In service (7)

Lost (9)

HMS Sheffield (D80) – Type 42 destroyer
HMS Daring (H16) – D-class destroyer
HMS Campbeltown (1919) – Town-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