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href="/wiki/List_of_ship_names_of_the_Royal_Navy_(C)" title="List of ship names of the Royal Navy (C)">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ship_names_of_the_Royal_Navy_(D%E2%80%93F)" title="List of ship names of the Royal Navy (D–F)">D–F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ship_names_of_the_Royal_Navy_(G%E2%80%93H)" title="List of ship names of the Royal Navy (G–H)">G–H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ship_names_of_the_Royal_Navy_(I%E2%80%93L)" title="List of ship names of the Royal Navy (I–L)">I–L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ship_names_of_the_Royal_Navy_(M%E2%80%93N)" title="List of ship names of the Royal Navy (M–N)">M–N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ship_names_of_the_Royal_Navy_(O%E2%80%93Q)" title="List of ship names of the Royal Navy (O–Q)">O–Q</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ship_names_of_the_Royal_Navy_(R%E2%80%93T)" title="List of ship names of the Royal Navy (R–T)">R–T</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ship_names_of_the_Royal_Navy_(U%E2%80%93Z)" title="List of ship names of the Royal Navy (U–Z)">U–Z</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="background:#f3f6ff; padding: 5px;"> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_carriers_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy">fleet aircraft carriers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_escort_carriers_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of escort carriers of the Royal Navy">escort carriers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_seaplane_carriers_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of seaplane carriers of the Royal Navy">seaplane carriers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_amphibious_warfare_ships_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of amphibious warfare ships of the Royal Navy">amphibious assault shipping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_battlecruisers_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of battlecruisers of the Royal Navy">battlecruisers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dreadnought_battleships_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy">dreadnought battleships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_pre-dreadnought_battleships_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of pre-dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy">pre-dreadnought battleships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ironclads_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of ironclads of the Royal Navy">ironclads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_bomb_vessels_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of bomb vessels of the Royal Navy">bomb vessels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_breastwork_monitors_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of breastwork monitors of the Royal Navy">breastwork monitors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_corvette_and_sloop_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy">corvettes and sloops</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cruiser_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of cruiser classes of the Royal Navy">cruisers</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">destroyers</a></li> <li><a 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the Scots Navy">early Scots ships (1329–1707)</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar" style="padding-right: 5px;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Royal_Navy_ship_types" title="Template:Royal Navy ship types"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Royal_Navy_ship_types" title="Template talk:Royal Navy ship types"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Royal_Navy_ship_types" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Royal Navy ship types"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This is a <b>list of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy</b> of the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, organised chronologically by entry into service. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Torpedo_boat_destroyers">Torpedo boat destroyers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_destroyer_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Torpedo boat destroyers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1913, the surviving members of the large heterogeneous array of older 27-knot and 30-knot <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_boat_destroyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Torpedo boat destroyer">torpedo boat destroyer</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Steam_engine" title="Steam engine">reciprocating engines</a>. 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. </p> <ul><li>"26-knotter" types <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Daring-class_destroyer_(1893)" title="Daring-class destroyer (1893)"><i>Daring</i> class</a>: 2 ships, 1893–1894</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Havock-class_destroyer" title="Havock-class destroyer"><i>Havock</i> class</a>: 2 ships, 1893</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferret-class_destroyer" title="Ferret-class destroyer"><i>Ferret</i> class</a>: 2 ships, 1893–1894</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-class_destroyer_(1913)" title="A-class destroyer (1913)">A class</a>; (27-<a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knot</a> classes) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ardent-class_destroyer" title="Ardent-class destroyer"><i>Ardent</i> class</a>: 3 ships, 1894–1895</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charger-class_destroyer" title="Charger-class destroyer"><i>Charger</i> class</a>: 3 ships, 1894</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocket-class_destroyer" title="Rocket-class destroyer"><i>Rocket</i> class</a>: 3 ships, 1894</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardy-class_destroyer" title="Hardy-class destroyer"><i>Hardy</i> class</a>: 2 ships, 1895</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conflict-class_destroyer" title="Conflict-class destroyer"><i>Conflict</i> class</a>: 3 ships, 1894–1895</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fervent-class_destroyer" title="Fervent-class destroyer"><i>Fervent</i> class</a>: 2 ships, 1895</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janus-class_destroyer" title="Janus-class destroyer"><i>Janus</i> class</a>: 3 ships, 1895</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sturgeon-class_destroyer" title="Sturgeon-class destroyer"><i>Sturgeon</i> class</a>: 3 ships, 1894–1895</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salmon-class_destroyer" title="Salmon-class destroyer"><i>Salmon</i> class</a>: 2 ships, 1895</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swordfish-class_destroyer" title="Swordfish-class destroyer"><i>Swordfish</i> class</a>: 2 ships, 1895</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banshee-class_destroyer" title="Banshee-class destroyer"><i>Banshee</i> class</a>: 3 ships, 1894</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handy-class_destroyer" title="Handy-class destroyer"><i>Handy</i> class</a>: 3 ships, 1895</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunfish-class_destroyer" title="Sunfish-class destroyer"><i>Sunfish</i> class</a>: 3 ships, 1895</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zebra-class_destroyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Zebra-class destroyer"><i>Zebra</i> class</a>: 1 ship, 1895</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B-class_destroyer_(1913)" title="B-class destroyer (1913)">B class</a> (4-funnelled, 30-knot classes) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Quail-class_destroyer" title="Quail-class destroyer"><i>Quail</i> class</a>: 4 ships, 1895</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earnest-class_destroyer" title="Earnest-class destroyer"><i>Earnest</i> class</a>: 6 ships, 1896–1897</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spiteful-class_destroyer" title="Spiteful-class destroyer"><i>Spiteful</i> class</a>: 2 ships, 1899</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myrmidon-class_destroyer" title="Myrmidon-class destroyer"><i>Myrmidon</i> class</a>: 2 ships, 1900</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C-class_destroyer_(1913)" title="C-class destroyer (1913)">C class</a> (3-funnelled, 30-knot classes) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Star-class_destroyer" title="Star-class destroyer"><i>Star</i> class</a>: 6 ships, 1896–1897</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avon-class_destroyer" title="Avon-class destroyer"><i>Avon</i> class</a>: 3 ships, 1896–1897</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazen-class_destroyer" title="Brazen-class destroyer"><i>Brazen</i> class</a>: 4 ships, 1896–1898</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Violet-class_destroyer" title="Violet-class destroyer"><i>Violet</i> class</a>: 2 ships, 1897</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mermaid-class_destroyer" title="Mermaid-class destroyer"><i>Mermaid</i> class</a>: 2 ships, 1897–1898</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gipsy-class_destroyer" title="Gipsy-class destroyer"><i>Gipsy</i> class</a>: 3 ships, 1897</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bullfinch-class_destroyer" title="Bullfinch-class destroyer"><i>Bullfinch</i> class</a>: 3 ships, 1898</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fawn-class_destroyer" title="Fawn-class destroyer"><i>Fawn</i> class</a>: 6 ships, 1897–1899</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falcon-class_destroyer" title="Falcon-class destroyer"><i>Falcon</i> class</a>: 2 ships, 1899–1900</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greyhound-class_destroyer" title="Greyhound-class destroyer"><i>Greyhound</i> class</a>: 3 ships, 1900–1901</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thorn-class_destroyer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thorn-class destroyer (page does not exist)"><i>Thorn</i> class</a>: 3 ships, purchased 1901</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viper-class_destroyer" title="Viper-class destroyer">Hawthorn special type</a>: 2 ships, 1899, <a href="/wiki/Steam_turbine" title="Steam turbine">steam turbine</a> specials</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Albatross_(1898)" title="HMS Albatross (1898)">Thornycroft special</a>: 1 ship, 1898</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Cobra_(1899)" title="HMS Cobra (1899)">Armstrong-Whitworth special</a>,: 1 ship, 1900</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D-class_destroyer_(1913)" title="D-class destroyer (1913)">D class</a>; (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. <ul><li>1893-94 Programme: 4 ships, 1896</li> <li>1894-95 Programme: 2 ships, 1897</li> <li>1895-96 Programme: 3 ships, 1897–1898</li> <li>1896-97 Programme (special type): 1 ship, 1899</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Taku" title="HMS Taku"><i>Taku</i> type</a>: 1 ship, 1900, ex-Chinese prize</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conventional_destroyers">Conventional destroyers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_destroyer_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Conventional destroyers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/River-class_destroyer_(1903)" title="River-class destroyer (1903)">River or E class</a>: 36 ships, 1903–1905 (including 2 later purchases)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cricket-class_coastal_destroyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Cricket-class coastal destroyer"><i>Cricket</i>-class coastal destroyer</a>: 36 ships, 1906–1909</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tribal-class_destroyer_(1905)" title="Tribal-class destroyer (1905)">Tribal or F class</a>: 13 ships, 1907–1909</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beagle-class_destroyer" title="Beagle-class destroyer"><i>Beagle</i> or G class</a>: 16 ships, 1909–1910</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acorn-class_destroyer" title="Acorn-class destroyer"><i>Acorn</i> or H class</a>: 20 ships, 1910–1911</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acheron-class_destroyer" title="Acheron-class destroyer"><i>Acheron</i> or I class</a>: 23 ships, 1910–1915</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acasta-class_destroyer" title="Acasta-class destroyer"><i>Acasta</i> or K class</a>: 20 ships, 1912–1913</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Swift_(1907)" title="HMS Swift (1907)"><i>Swift</i></a> type: 1 ship, 1907, large 36-knot <a href="/wiki/Flotilla_leader" title="Flotilla leader">flotilla leader</a> prototype</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laforey-class_destroyer_(1913)" title="Laforey-class destroyer (1913)"><i>Laforey</i> or L class</a>: 22 ships, 1913–1915</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Arno_(1915)" title="HMS Arno (1915)"><i>Arno</i></a> type: 1 ship, 1914, Italian built for Portugal but purchased in 1915</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_M-class_destroyer" title="Admiralty M-class destroyer">Admiralty M class</a>: 74 ships, 1914–1917</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_M-class_destroyer" title="Hawthorn M-class destroyer">Hawthorn M class</a>: 2 ships, 1915</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yarrow_M-class_destroyer" title="Yarrow M-class destroyer">Yarrow M class</a>: 10 ships, 1914–1916</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thornycroft_M-class_destroyer" title="Thornycroft M-class destroyer">Thornycroft M class</a>: 6 ships, 1914–1916</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talisman-class_destroyer" title="Talisman-class destroyer"><i>Talisman</i> class</a>: 4 ships, 1914–1916, ex-Turkish purchases</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medea-class_destroyer" title="Medea-class destroyer"><i>Medea</i> class</a> : 4 ships, 1915, ex-Greek purchases</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faulknor-class_flotilla_leader" title="Faulknor-class flotilla leader"><i>Faulknor</i>-class leader</a>: 4 ships, 1914, ex-Chilean purchases</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marksman-class_flotilla_leader" title="Marksman-class flotilla leader"><i>Marksman</i>-class leader</a>: 7 ships, 1915–1916</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parker-class_flotilla_leader" title="Parker-class flotilla leader"><i>Parker</i>-class leader</a>: 6 ships, 1916–1917</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R-class_destroyer_(1916)" title="R-class destroyer (1916)">Admiralty R class</a>: 39 ships, 1916–1917</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yarrow_Later_M-class_destroyer" title="Yarrow Later M-class destroyer">Yarrow Later M class</a>: 7 ships, 1916–1917</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R-class_destroyer_(1916)" title="R-class destroyer (1916)">Thornycroft R class</a>: 5 ships, 1916–1917</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R-class_destroyer_(1916)" title="R-class destroyer (1916)">Admiralty modified R class</a>: 11 ships, 1916–1917</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S-class_destroyer_(1917)" title="S-class destroyer (1917)">Admiralty S class</a>: 55 ships, 1918–1924</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S-class_destroyer_(1917)" title="S-class destroyer (1917)">Yarrow S class</a>: 7 ships, 1918–1919</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S-class_destroyer_(1917)" title="S-class destroyer (1917)">Thornycroft S class</a>: 5 ships, 1918–1919</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V_and_W-class_destroyer" title="V and W-class destroyer">Admiralty V class</a>: 28 ships, 1916–1918</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V_and_W-class_destroyer" title="V and W-class destroyer">Admiralty W class</a>: 19 ships, 1916–1918</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V_and_W-class_destroyer" title="V and W-class destroyer">Thornycroft V and W class</a>: 4 ships, 1918</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V_and_W-class_destroyer" title="V and W-class destroyer">Thornycroft modified W class</a>: 2 ships, 1918–1924</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V_and_W-class_destroyer" title="V and W-class destroyer">Admiralty modified W class</a>: 15 ships, 1918–1922</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_type_flotilla_leader" title="Admiralty type flotilla leader">Admiralty type flotilla leader</a>: 8 ships, 1917–1919</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thornycroft_type_destroyer_leader" title="Thornycroft type destroyer leader">Thornycroft type leader or <i>Shakespeare</i> class</a>: 5 ships, 1917–1921</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Inter-war_standard_classes">Inter-war standard classes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_destroyer_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Inter-war standard classes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ambuscade_(D38)" title="HMS Ambuscade (D38)"><i>Ambuscade</i> type</a>: 1 ship, 1926, Yarrow prototype of new design.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Amazon_(D39)" title="HMS Amazon (D39)"><i>Amazon</i> type</a>: 1 ship, 1926, Thornycroft prototype of new design. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A-_and_B-class_destroyer" title="A- and B-class destroyer">A class</a>: 9 ships, 1928–1931</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-_and_B-class_destroyer" title="A- and B-class destroyer">B class</a>: 9 ships, 1929–1931</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C_and_D-class_destroyer" title="C and D-class destroyer">C class</a>: 5 ships, 1930–1934</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C_and_D-class_destroyer" title="C and D-class destroyer">D class</a>: 9 ships, 1931–1933</li> <li><a href="/wiki/E_and_F-class_destroyer" title="E and F-class destroyer">E class</a>: 9 ships, 1933–1934</li> <li><a href="/wiki/E_and_F-class_destroyer" title="E and F-class destroyer">F class</a>: 9 ships, 1933–1935</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G_and_H-class_destroyer" title="G and H-class destroyer">G class</a>: 9 ships, 1934–1936</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G_and_H-class_destroyer" title="G and H-class destroyer">H class</a>: 9 ships, 1935–1937 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/G_and_H-class_destroyer" title="G and H-class destroyer">ex-Brazilian H class</a>: 6 ships, 1938–1940, ex-Brazilian purchases</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I-class_destroyer" title="I-class destroyer">I class</a>: 9 ships, 1936–1937 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/I-class_destroyer" title="I-class destroyer">ex-Turkish I class</a>: 2 ships, 1939–1941, ex-Turkish purchases</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tribal_class_destroyer_(1936)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tribal class destroyer (1936)">Tribal class</a>: 27 ships, 1936–1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J-,_K-_and_N-class_destroyer" title="J-, K- and N-class destroyer">J, K and N class</a>: 24 ships, 1938–1941</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunt-class_destroyer" title="Hunt-class destroyer">Hunt class</a>: 86 ships (20 Type I, 36 Type II, 28 Type III, 2 Type IV), 1939–1942, "escort destroyers"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/L_and_M-class_destroyer" title="L and M-class destroyer">L and M class</a>: 16 ships, 1939–42</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Town-class_destroyer" title="Town-class destroyer">Town class</a>: 50 ships from three classes of <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> destroyers, built 1917–1920, transferred 1940</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II_War_Emergency_Programme_destroyers">World War II War Emergency Programme destroyers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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class</a>: 16 ships, 1943–1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C-class_destroyer_(1943)" title="C-class destroyer (1943)">C class</a>: 32 ships, (8 Ca-, 8 Ch-, 8 Co-, 8 Cr-), 1943–1945</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle-class_destroyer" title="Battle-class destroyer">Battle class</a>: 23 ships (16 Group I, 7 Group II), 1943–1946</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weapon-class_destroyer" title="Weapon-class destroyer">Weapon class</a>: 4 ships, 1945–1946</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G-class_destroyer_(1944)" title="G-class destroyer (1944)">G class</a>: 0 ships (8 cancelled), 1944</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-war_all-gun_design">Post-war all-gun design</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_destroyer_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Post-war all-gun design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Daring-class_destroyer_(1949)" title="Daring-class destroyer (1949)"><i>Daring</i> class</a>: 8 ships, 1949–1952</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Guided-missile_destroyers[1]"><span id="Guided-missile_destroyers.5B1.5D"></span>Guided-missile destroyers<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_destroyer_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Guided-missile destroyers[1]"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/County-class_destroyer" title="County-class destroyer">County class</a>: 8 ships (4 Batch I, 4 Batch II), 1961–1967</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_82_destroyer" title="Type 82 destroyer">Type 82</a>: 1 ship (<i>Bristol</i>, 1969) built to trial technology. Eight originally planned to operate with cancelled <a href="/wiki/CVA-01" title="CVA-01">CVA-01</a> aircraft carriers.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_42_destroyer" title="Type 42 destroyer">Type 42</a>: 14 ships (6 <i>Sheffield</i>, 4 <i>Exeter</i>, 4 <i>Manchester</i>), 1971–1983</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_43_destroyer" title="Type 43 destroyer">Type 43</a>: project cancelled at feasibility stage in <a href="/wiki/1981_Defence_White_Paper" title="1981 Defence White Paper">1981 Defence White Paper</a></li> <li>Type 44: Subclass of Type 43 with better anti-submarine capability.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_45_destroyer" title="Type 45 destroyer">Type 45</a>: 6 ships, all commissioned between 2009 and 2013</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_83_destroyer" title="Type 83 destroyer">Type 83</a>: Planned to replace Type 45 in 2030s.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84832-015-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84832-015-4"><bdi>978-1-84832-015-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=British+Destroyers+%26+Frigates%3A+The+Second+World+War+and+After&rft.place=Barnsley%2C+UK&rft.pub=Seaforth+Publishing&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-1-84832-015-4&rft.aulast=Friedman&rft.aufirst=Norman&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+destroyer+classes+of+the+Royal+Navy" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFriedman2009" class="citation book cs1">Friedman, Norman (2009). <i>British Destroyers From Earliest Days to the Second World War</i>. 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