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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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
Guided-missile destroyers[1] [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
Citations [ edit ]
^ Friedman 2008, pp. 179–195
Bibliography [ edit ]
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 .
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