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This is a list of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom , organised chronologically by entry into service.
Torpedo boat destroyers
In 1913, the surviving members of the large heterogeneous array of older 27-knot and 30-knot torpedo boat destroyer types (all six of the original 26-knot ships had been disposed of by the end of 1912) were organised into the A, B, C and D classes according to their design speed and the number of funnels they possessed. All were of a "turtle-back" design and, excepting a few "builder's specials", powered by reciprocating engines . It should be stressed that these A to D class designations did not exist before 1913, and only applied to those "turtle-backed" destroyers surviving to that time.
"26-knotter" types
A class ; (27-knot classes)
Ardent class : 3 ships, 1894–1895
Charger class : 3 ships, 1894
Rocket class : 3 ships, 1894
Hardy class : 2 ships, 1895
Conflict class : 3 ships, 1894–1895
Fervent class : 2 ships, 1895
Janus class : 3 ships, 1895
Sturgeon class : 3 ships, 1894–1895
Salmon class : 2 ships, 1895
Swordfish class : 2 ships, 1895
Banshee class : 3 ships, 1894
Handy class : 3 ships, 1895
Sunfish class : 3 ships, 1895
Zebra class : 1 ship, 1895
B class (4-funnelled, 30-knot classes)
C class (3-funnelled, 30-knot classes)
Star class : 6 ships, 1896–1897
Avon class : 3 ships, 1896–1897
Brazen class : 4 ships, 1896–1898
Violet class : 2 ships, 1897
Mermaid class : 2 ships, 1897–1898
Gipsy class : 3 ships, 1897
Bullfinch class : 3 ships, 1898
Fawn class : 6 ships, 1897–1899
Falcon class : 2 ships, 1899–1900
Greyhound class : 3 ships, 1900–1901
Thorn class : 3 ships, purchased 1901
Hawthorn special type : 2 ships, 1899, steam turbine specials
Thornycroft special : 1 ship, 1898
Armstrong-Whitworth special ,: 1 ship, 1900
D class ; (2-funnelled, 30-knot classes) Unlike the A, B and C classes, the D class comprised a series of similar ships built by one contractor (Thornycroft), although there were small variations between the batches ordered in each year.
1893-94 Programme: 4 ships, 1896
1894-95 Programme: 2 ships, 1897
1895-96 Programme: 3 ships, 1897–1898
1896-97 Programme (special type): 1 ship, 1899
Taku type : 1 ship, 1900, ex-Chinese prize
Conventional destroyers
In 1913, lettered names were given to all Royal Navy destroyers, previously known after the first ship of that class. The River or E class of 1913 were the first destroyers of the Royal Navy with a high forecastles instead of "turtleback" bow making this the first class with a more recognizable modern configuration.
River or E class : 36 ships, 1903–1905 (including 2 later purchases)
Cricket -class coastal destroyer : 36 ships, 1906–1909
Tribal or F class : 13 ships, 1907–1909
Beagle or G class : 16 ships, 1909–1910
Acorn or H class : 20 ships, 1910–1911
Acheron or I class : 23 ships, 1910–1915
Acasta or K class : 20 ships, 1912–1913
Swift type: 1 ship, 1907, large 36-knot flotilla leader prototype
Laforey or L class : 22 ships, 1913–1915
Arno type: 1 ship, 1914, Italian built for Portugal but purchased in 1915
Admiralty M class : 74 ships, 1914–1917
Hawthorn M class : 2 ships, 1915
Yarrow M class : 10 ships, 1914–1916
Thornycroft M class : 6 ships, 1914–1916
Talisman class : 4 ships, 1914–1916, ex-Turkish purchases
Medea class : 4 ships, 1915, ex-Greek purchases
Faulknor -class leader : 4 ships, 1914, ex-Chilean purchases
Marksman -class leader : 7 ships, 1915–1916
Parker -class leader : 6 ships, 1916–1917
Admiralty R class : 39 ships, 1916–1917
Yarrow Later M class : 7 ships, 1916–1917
Thornycroft R class : 5 ships, 1916–1917
Admiralty modified R class : 11 ships, 1916–1917
Admiralty S class : 55 ships, 1918–1924
Yarrow S class : 7 ships, 1918–1919
Thornycroft S class : 5 ships, 1918–1919
Admiralty V class : 28 ships, 1916–1918
Admiralty W class : 19 ships, 1916–1918
Thornycroft V and W class : 4 ships, 1918
Thornycroft modified W class : 2 ships, 1918–1924
Admiralty modified W class : 15 ships, 1918–1922
Admiralty type flotilla leader : 8 ships, 1917–1919
Thornycroft type leader or Shakespeare class : 5 ships, 1917–1921
Inter-war standard classes
Ambuscade type : 1 ship, 1926, Yarrow prototype of new design.
Amazon type : 1 ship, 1926, Thornycroft prototype of new design.
Tribal class : 27 ships, 1936–1944
J, K and N class : 24 ships, 1938–1941
Hunt class : 86 ships (20 Type I, 36 Type II, 28 Type III, 2 Type IV), 1939–1942, "escort destroyers"
L and M class : 16 ships, 1939–42
Town class : 50 ships from three classes of United States Navy destroyers, built 1917–1920, transferred 1940
World War II War Emergency Programme destroyers
The following were ordered as part of the War Emergency Programme classes :
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, (8 Ca-, 8 Ch-, 8 Co-, 8 Cr-), 1943–1945
Battle class : 23 ships (16 Group I, 7 Group II), 1943–1946
Weapon class : 4 ships, 1945–1946
G class : 0 ships (8 cancelled), 1944
Post-war all-gun design
Guided-missile destroyers[1]
County class : 8 ships (4 Batch I, 4 Batch II), 1961–1967
Type 82 : 1 ship (Bristol , 1969) built to trial technology. Eight originally planned to operate with cancelled CVA-01 aircraft carriers.
Type 42 : 14 ships (6 Sheffield , 4 Exeter , 4 Manchester ), 1971–1983
Type 43 : project cancelled at feasibility stage in 1981 Defence White Paper
Type 44: Subclass of Type 43 with better anti-submarine capability.
Type 45 : 6 ships, all commissioned between 2009 and 2013
Type 83 : Planned to replace Type 45 in 2030s.
See also
Citations
^ Friedman 2008, pp. 179–195
Bibliography
Friedman, Norman (2008). British Destroyers & Frigates: The Second World War and After . Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-015-4 .
Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers From Earliest Days to the Second World War . Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-081-8 .
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_destroyer_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy&oldid=1202329370 "
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