Argentina

• Catamarca class — 4 ships
• Cervantes class
  Churruca class destroyer
  Churruca was a Spanish destroyer class built for the Spanish Navy based on a British design. Eighteen ships were built, two sold to Argentina.The ships were authorized on 17 February 1915 by Navy Minister Augusto Miranda y Godoy...
  
   — 2 ships, ex-Churruca class
  Churruca class destroyer
  Churruca was a Spanish destroyer class built for the Spanish Navy based on a British design. Eighteen ships were built, two sold to Argentina.The ships were authorized on 17 February 1915 by Navy Minister Augusto Miranda y Godoy...
  
  
• Mendoza class
  Mendoza class destroyer
  The Mendoza class were a group of destroyers built in Britain for the Argentine Navy in the 1920s. They were the first part of the Argentian re-armament programme of the 1920s- Design :...
  
   — 3 ships
• Buenos Aires class
  Buenos Aires class destroyer
  The Buenos Aires class destroyers were a group of destroyers built for the Argentine Navy in Britain in the 1930s.-Design:The ships were based on the contemporary G class destroyers building for the British Royal Navy, with some modifications to suit Argentinian requirements...
  
   — 7 ships, ex-G class
  G and H class destroyer
  The G- and H-class destroyers were a class of twenty-four destroyers of the Royal Navy launched in 1935–1939. They served in World War II and sixteen were lost, with a seventeenth being written off as a constructive total loss...
  
  
• Almirante Domecq García class — 5 ships, ex-Fletcher class
  Fletcher class destroyer
  The Fletcher class were a class of destroyers built by the United States during World War II. The class was designed in 1939 as a result of dissatisfaction with the earlier destroyer leader types...
  
  
• Seguí class — 3 ships, ex-Allen M. Sumner class
• Py class — 1 ship, ex-Gearing class
  Gearing class destroyer
  The Gearing class was a group of 98 destroyers built for the US Navy during and shortly after World War II. The Gearing design was a minor modification of the immediately preceding Allen M. Sumner class...
  
  
• Hercules class — 2 ships (same as UK's Type 42 Batch 1
  Type 42 destroyer
  The Type 42 or Sheffield class, are guided missile destroyers used by the British Royal Navy and the Argentine Navy. The first ship of the class was ordered in 1968 and launched in 1971, and today three ships remain active in the Royal Navy and one in the Argentinian Navy...
  
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• Almirante Brown class
  Almirante Brown class destroyer
  The Almirante Brown is a class of destroyers commissioned between 1983 and 1984 for the Argentine Navy. As of 2005, ARA Sarandí is the Argentinian fleet flagship.-Specifications:...
  
   — 4 ships, ex-MEKO 360 H2
  MEKO
  The MEKO family of warships was developed by the German company Blohm + Voss.MEKO is a registered trademark. The portmanteau stands for "Mehrzweck-Kombination" . It is a concept in modern naval shipbuilding based on modularity of armament, electronics and other equipment, aiming at ease of...
  
  

Australia (Royal Australian Navy

Royal Australian Navy

The Royal Australian Navy is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. Following the Federation of Australia in 1901, the ships and resources of the separate colonial navies were integrated into a national force: the Commonwealth Naval Forces...

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• Battle class
  Battle class destroyer
  The Battle class were a class of destroyers of the British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy . Built in three groups, the first group were ordered under the 1942 naval estimates. A modified second and third group, together with two ships of an extended design were planned for the 1943 and 1944...
  
   — 2 ships
• N class — 5 ships
• Scott class
  Admiralty type leader
  The Admiralty type leader, sometimes known as the Scott class, were a class of eight destroyer leaders designed and built for the Royal Navy towards the end of World War I. They were named after Scottish historical leaders...
  
   — 1 ship
• Tribal class
  Tribal class destroyer (1936)
  The Tribal class, or Afridi class, were a class of destroyers built for the Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Australian Navy that saw service in World War II...
  
   — 3 ships
• V and W class
  V and W class destroyer
  The V and W class was an amalgam of six similar classes of destroyer built for the Royal Navy under the War Emergency Programme of the First World War and generally treated as one class...
  
   — 4 ships
• Perth class
  Perth class destroyer
  The Perth class destroyers were three modified Charles F. Adams class guided missile destroyers operated by the Royal Australian Navy . Ordered from Defoe Shipbuilding Company during 1962 and 1963, HMA Ships , , and were the first guided missiled-armed warships, and the first naval ships of United...
  
   — 3 ships
• River class destroyer escort
  River class destroyer escort
  The River class was a class of six destroyer escorts operated by the Royal Australian Navy . Plans to acquire four vessels, based on the British Type 12M frigate, began in the 1950s. The first two vessels had some slight modifications to the design, while the next two underwent further changes...
  
   — 6 ships

Brazil (Brazilian Navy

Brazilian Navy

The Brazilian Navy is a branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces responsible for conducting naval operations. It is the largest navy in Latin America...

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• Marcilio Dias class
  Marcilio Dias class destroyer
  The Marcilio Dias class destroyers were three ships of the Brazilian Navy that served during World War II. They were based on the Mahan class destroyer and were the first sizable ships built in Brazil...
  
   — 3 ships
• H class
  G and H class destroyer
  The G- and H-class destroyers were a class of twenty-four destroyers of the Royal Navy launched in 1935–1939. They served in World War II and sixteen were lost, with a seventeenth being written off as a constructive total loss...
  
   — 6 ships
• Acre class
  Acre class destroyer
  The Acre class destroyers were a class of six destroyers built during World War II for the Brazilian Navy. None was completed before the end of the war. They are also referred to in some sources as the Amazonas class....
  
   — 6 ships

Canada (Royal Canadian Navy

Royal Canadian Navy

The history of the Royal Canadian Navy goes back to 1910, when the naval force was created as the Naval Service of Canada and renamed a year later by King George V. The Royal Canadian Navy is one of the three environmental commands of the Canadian Forces...

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• Cameron Holder class — 1 ship
• Tribal class
  Tribal class destroyer (1936)
  The Tribal class, or Afridi class, were a class of destroyers built for the Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Australian Navy that saw service in World War II...
  
   — 7 ships
• Cr class — 2 ships
• Valentine class
  U and V class destroyer
  The U and V class was a class of sixteen destroyers of the Royal Navy launched in 1942–1943. They were constructed in two flotillas, each with names beginning with "U-" or "V-"...
  
   — 2 ships
• Algonquin class
  U and V class destroyer
  The U and V class was a class of sixteen destroyers of the Royal Navy launched in 1942–1943. They were constructed in two flotillas, each with names beginning with "U-" or "V-"...
  
   — 2 ships
• St Laurent class — 7 ships
• Restigouche class
  Restigouche class destroyer
  The Restigouche class destroyer was a class of destroyers that served the Royal Canadian Navy and later the Canadian Forces from the late-1950s to the late-1990s....
  
   — 7 ships
• Mackenzie class
  Mackenzie class destroyer
  The Mackenzie-class destroyer was a class of warship used by the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Forces from the 1960s-1990s. Six such ships were envisioned, of which four were completed to this specification...
  
   — 4 ships
• Annapolis class
  Annapolis class destroyer
  The Annapolis class destroyer escort was a class of ships that saw service with the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Forces from the 1960s-1990s....
  
   — 2 ships
• Iroquois class
  Iroquois class destroyer
  Iroquois-class destroyers, also known as Tribal class, are a class of four helicopter-carrying, guided missile destroyers of the Canadian Forces. Launched in the 1970s, they were originally fitted out for anti-submarine warfare, but a major upgrade programme in the 1990s overhauled them for...
  
   — 4 ships

Chile (Chilean Navy

Chilean Navy

-Independence Wars of Chile and Peru :The Chilean Navy dates back to 1817. A year before, following the Battle of Chacabuco, General Bernardo O'Higgins prophetically declared "this victory and another hundred shall be of no significance if we do not gain control of the sea".This led to the...

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• Almirante Lynch class
  Almirante Lynch class destroyer
  The Almirante Lynch class destroyers were a group of ships built for the Chilean Navy just before World War I. The Chileans had long been customers of British shipyards and ordered six ships from J. Samuel White in 1911. These destroyers were a private design by J. Samuel White that were...
  
  
• Serrano class
  Serrano class destroyer
  The Serrano class was a series of six destroyers which served with Chilean Navy during World War II. Chile ordered the Serrano class from John I. Thornycroft & Company in the United Kingdom to enhance the Chilean Navy's ability to patrol its extensive coastline...
  
   — 6 ships
• Almirante class
  Almirante class destroyer
  The Almirante class were two destroyers built for the Chilean Navy by Vickers in Barrow in Furness, UK, in 1960. They served until the late 1990s. They were fitted with a unique Vickers designed 4-inch dual purpose naval gun...
  
   — 2 ships

China (People's Liberation Army Navy

People's Liberation Army Navy

The People's Liberation Army Navy is the naval branch of the People's Liberation Army , the military of the People's Republic of China. Until the early 1990s, the navy performed a subordinate role to the PLA Land Forces. Since then, it has undergone rapid modernisation...

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• Anshan class
  Anshan class destroyer
  The Anshan-class destroyers were the People's Liberation Army Navy's first destroyers. They were ex-Soviet s purchased in the 1950s. The Chinese later added HY-2 anti-ship missiles and removed some of the torpedo tubes....
  
   — 4 ships
• Luda class
  Luda class destroyer
  The Type 051 destroyer missile destroyer was the first surface warfare oriented vessel ever designed and built in China, and the first Chinese ship to be fitted with an integrated combat direction system...
  
   — 16 ships
• Luhu class
  Luhu class destroyer
  The Type 052 Luhu-class was one of the first modern multi-role guided missile destroyers built by China. There are currently two units in active service with the People's Liberation Army Navy with no plans of further construction of additional units.-History:Designed by the China Warship Design...
  
   — 2 ships
• Luhai class
  Luhai class destroyer
  The Type 051B Luhai-class is a class of destroyer built by the People's Republic of China. It consists of only one ship, No.167 Shenzhen. When Shenzhen was commissioned into the People's Liberation Army Navy in 1998, it was then, the largest surface combatant that China had ever built...
  
   — 1 ship
• Sovremenny class
  Sovremenny class destroyer
  The Sovremenny class destroyer is the principal anti-surface warship of the Russian Navy. Soviet designation for the class was Project 956 Sarych ....
  
   — 4 ships
• Luyang class
  Guangzhou class destroyer
  The Type 052B or Guangzhou class destroyer is a class of multirole missile destroyers built by the People's Republic of China. Two ships have been built, with Guangzhou and Wuhan both being commissioned into the PLAN in July 2004...
  
   — 2 ships
• Luyang II class
  Lanzhou class destroyer
  The Type 052C destroyer is a class of destroyer built by the People's Republic of China. It features an Active Electronically Scanned Array radar system with four statically-mounted antennas for 360-degree coverage...
  
   — 2 ships
• Luzhou class — 2 ships

Royal Hellenic Navy (1832-1974)

• Niki class destroyer
  Niki class destroyer
  The Niki class of destroyers were ordered by the Royal Hellenic Navy before World War I when the Greek government embarked on a naval buildup after losing the Greco-Turkish War of 1897...
  
   — 4 ships
• Thyella class destroyer
  Thyella class destroyer
  The Thyella class of destroyers were ordered by the Royal Hellenic Navy before World War I when the Greek government embarked on a naval buildup after losing the Greco-Turkish War of 1897...
  
   — 4 ships
• Wild Beast class destroyer
  Wild Beast class destroyer
  The Wild Beast class, or Aetos class, of destroyers were bought by the Royal Hellenic Navy before World War I when the Greek government expanded its navy after losing the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 and in anticipation of the Balkan Wars. These four ships had originally been ordered by Argentina from...
  
   — 4 ships
• Keravnos class
  Greek V class destroyer
  The Greek V-class destroyers were ordered from Germany in 1912. Their sister ships, the V-1 through V-6 served as V-class destroyers in the Kaiserliche Marine...
  
   — 2 ships
• Dardo class
  Freccia class destroyer
  The Freccia class destroyer was a class of destroyers built for the Regia Marina, the Italian Royal Navy, in the 1930s. It was basically an enlarged version of the earlier Turbine class destroyers...
  
   — 4 ships
• Modified G class destroyer
  G and H class destroyer
  The G- and H-class destroyers were a class of twenty-four destroyers of the Royal Navy launched in 1935–1939. They served in World War II and sixteen were lost, with a seventeenth being written off as a constructive total loss...
  
   — 2 ships
• Fletcher class destroyer
  Fletcher class destroyer
  The Fletcher class were a class of destroyers built by the United States during World War II. The class was designed in 1939 as a result of dissatisfaction with the earlier destroyer leader types...
  
   — 6 ships
• Hunt class destroyer
  Hunt class destroyer
  The Hunt class was a class of Destroyer escort of the Royal Navy. The first vessels were ordered early in 1939, and the class saw extensive service in World War II, particularly on the British East Coast and Mediterranean convoys. They were named after British fox hunts...
  
   — 8 ships

Hellenic Navy (1974-Present)

• Gearing class destroyer
  Gearing class destroyer
  The Gearing class was a group of 98 destroyers built for the US Navy during and shortly after World War II. The Gearing design was a minor modification of the immediately preceding Allen M. Sumner class...
  
   — 7 ships
• Charles F. Adams class destroyer
  Charles F. Adams class destroyer
  The Charles F. Adams class is a ship class of 29 guided missile destroyers built between 1958 and 1967. Twenty three ships were built for the United States Navy, 3 for the Royal Australian Navy, and 3 for the West German Bundesmarine. The ships were based on the existing Forrest Sherman class, but...
  
   — 4 ships

India (Indian Navy

Indian Navy

The Indian Navy is the naval branch of the armed forces of India. The President of India serves as the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy. The Chief of Naval Staff , usually a four-star officer in the rank of Admiral, commands the Navy...

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• Kolkata class
  Kolkata class destroyer
  The Kolkata class of guided-missile destroyers of the Indian Navy were conceptualized under Project 15A, and include land-attack capability as well as some signature reduction features. Three ships of the class are being built at Mazagon Dock Limited . The first vessel is expected to join the fleet...
  
   — 3 ships
• Delhi class
  Delhi class destroyer
  The Delhi class destroyers are guided-missile destroyers of the Indian Navy. Three ships of this class are in active service.The Delhi class vessels are the largest warships to be fully designed and built in India, although they will soon be superseded by the Kolkata class destroyers and the...
  
   — 3 ships
• Rajput class
  Rajput class destroyer
  The Rajput class guided-missile destroyers built for the Indian Navy are modified versions of Soviet Kashin class destroyers. They are also known as Kashin-II class. The ships were built in the former Soviet Union after considerable Indian design modifications to the Kashin design...
  
   — 5 ships

Iran (Iranian Navy

Islamic Republic of Iran Navy

The Iranian Navy has traditionally been the smallest branch of Iran's armed forces and is designed mainly for securing its own ports and coast.- Overview :...

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• Damavand class
  Battle class destroyer
  The Battle class were a class of destroyers of the British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy . Built in three groups, the first group were ordered under the 1942 naval estimates. A modified second and third group, together with two ships of an extended design were planned for the 1943 and 1944...
  
   — 1 ship
• Babr class
  Allen M. Sumner class destroyer
  The Allen M. Sumner class was a group of 58 destroyers built by the United States during World War II. Another twelve ships were completed as destroyer minelayers...
  
   — 2 ships
• Jamaran class
  Iranian destroyer Jamaran
  Jamaran is the name of a domestically produced Mowj class guided missile frigate launched in early 2010 in Bandar-e-Abbas, Iran. Iran said that the design and building of Jamaran and the missile boat were among the greatest achievements of the Iranian Navy and the ship's launch marks a major...
  
   — 1 ship

Netherlands (Koninklijke Marine

Royal Netherlands Navy

The Koninklijke Marine is the navy of the Netherlands. In the mid-17th century the Dutch Navy was the most powerful navy in the world and it played an active role in the wars of the Dutch Republic and later those of the Batavian Republic and the Kingdom of the Netherlands...

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• Holland class
  Holland class destroyer
  The Holland class destroyers were built for the Royal Netherlands Navy in the 1950s. They were the first major ships designed and built by the Dutch after World War II...
  
   — 4 ships
• Friesland class
  Friesland class destroyer
  The Friesland Class destroyers were built for the Royal Netherlands Navy in the 1950s. They were a larger modified version of the Holland class destroyer with more powerful machinery. Eight ships were built. They were replaced by the Kortenaer class frigates in the early 1980s and seven ships were...
  
   — 8 ships
• Gerard Callenburgh class
  Gerard Callenburgh class destroyer
  The Gerard Callenburgh class were a group of four destroyers ordered for the Royal Netherlands Navy just before World War II. Two ships were completed - the Gerard Callenburgh by the Germans after being captured and the Isaac Sweers in Britain after being evacuated as the Netherlands fell to the...
  
   — 4 ships
• Admiralen class
  Admiralen class destroyer
  The Admiralen Class were eight destroyers built for the Royal Netherlands Navy between 1926 and 1931. All ships fought in World War II and were scuttled or sunk...
  
   — 8 ships
• Roofdier class
  Roofdier class destroyer
  The Wolf class destroyer was a class of eight destroyers that were built between 1910 and 1913 for the Royal Netherlands Navy to serve in the Dutch East Indies. They were the first Dutch destroyers built after a British design. The first six ships where built by De Schelde shipyards in Vlissingen,...
  
   — 8 ships

Norway (Kongelige Norske Marine

Royal Norwegian Navy

The Royal Norwegian Navy is the branch of the Norwegian Defence Force responsible for naval operations. , the RNoN consists of approximately 3,700 personnel and 70 vessels, including 5 heavy frigates, 6 submarines, 14 patrol boats, 4 minesweepers, 4 minehunters, 1 mine detection vessel, 4 support...

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• Draug class
  Draug class destroyer
  The Draug class was the first multi-vessel class of destroyers built for the Royal Norwegian Navy, the first destroyer to be built for the RNoN being the Valkyrjen, commissioned 17 May 1896. As the single Valkyrjen was not enough to fulfil the need for destroyers, the Draug class was ordered and...
  
   — 3 ships
• Sleipner class
  Sleipner class destroyer
  The Sleipner class was a class of six destroyers built for the Royal Norwegian Navy from 1936 until the German invasion in 1940. The design was considered advanced for its time, and it was the first class of vessels for the Norwegian Navy that used aluminium in the construction of the bridge, the...
  
   — 6 ships

Peru (Marina de Guerra del Perú

Peruvian Navy

The Peruvian Navy is the branch of the Peruvian Armed Forces tasked with surveillance, patrol and defense on lakes, rivers and the Pacific Ocean up to 200 nautical miles from the Peruvian littoral...

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• Fletcher class
  Fletcher class destroyer
  The Fletcher class were a class of destroyers built by the United States during World War II. The class was designed in 1939 as a result of dissatisfaction with the earlier destroyer leader types...
  
   — 2 ships
• Daring class
  Daring class destroyer (1949)
  The Daring class was a class of eleven destroyers built for the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy . Constructed after World War II, and entering service during the 1950s, eight ships were constructed for the RN, and three ships for the RAN. Two of the RN destroyers were subsequently sold to and...
  
   — 2 ships
• Holland class
  Holland class destroyer
  The Holland class destroyers were built for the Royal Netherlands Navy in the 1950s. They were the first major ships designed and built by the Dutch after World War II...
  
   — 1 ship
• Friesland class
  Friesland class destroyer
  The Friesland Class destroyers were built for the Royal Netherlands Navy in the 1950s. They were a larger modified version of the Holland class destroyer with more powerful machinery. Eight ships were built. They were replaced by the Kortenaer class frigates in the early 1980s and seven ships were...
  
   — 7 ships

Poland (Marynarka Wojenna

Polish Navy

The Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej - MW RP Polish Navy, is the branch of Republic of Poland Armed Forces responsible for naval operations...

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• Wicher class
  Wicher class destroyer
  Wicher-class destroyers served in the Polish Navy during World War II. Two ships of this class were built for the Second Polish Republic by Chantiers Naval Français during the late 1920s...
  
   — 2 ships
• Grom class
  Grom class destroyer
  The Grom-class destroyers were two destroyers, built for the Polish Navy by the British company of J. Samuel White, Cowes. They were laid down in 1935 and commissioned in 1937...
  
   — 2 ships
• G and H class
  G and H class destroyer
  The G- and H-class destroyers were a class of twenty-four destroyers of the Royal Navy launched in 1935–1939. They served in World War II and sixteen were lost, with a seventeenth being written off as a constructive total loss...
  
   — 1 ship
• L and M class
  L and M class destroyer
  The L and M class was a class of sixteen destroyers which served in the British Royal Navy during World War II. The ships of the class were launched between 1939 and 1942.-Design details:...
  
   — 1 ship
• N class — 1 ship
• Hunt (Batch III) class
  Hunt class destroyer
  The Hunt class was a class of Destroyer escort of the Royal Navy. The first vessels were ordered early in 1939, and the class saw extensive service in World War II, particularly on the British East Coast and Mediterranean convoys. They were named after British fox hunts...
  
   — 3 ships
• Project 30 class
  Skoryy class destroyer
  The Skoryy class were the first destroyers built for the Soviet Navy after the end of World War II. Seventy ships were built between 1949 and 1953. The Soviet designation was Project 30bis.-Design:...
  
   — 2 ships
• Kotlin class
  Kotlin class destroyer (Project 56)
  Kotlin class destroyers were Cold War era ships built for the Soviet Navy. The Russian name for this class was Project 56 Spokoinyy . 27 ships were built between 1955 and 1958; they were all decommissioned in the late 1980s. The Kildin class is based on the design of the Kotlins...
  
   — 1 ship
• Kashin class
  Kashin class destroyer
  The Kashin class destroyers were a group of guided missile destroyers built for the Soviet Navy in the 1960s and early 1970s. Their Soviet designation was Project 61...
  
   — 1 ship

Portugal (Marinha Portuguesa)

• Guadiana class — 4 ships
• Vouga class — 7 ships

Romania (Romanian Navy)

• Marasti class
  Marasti class destroyer
  The Mărăști class were a group of destroyers built in Italy for the Romanian Navy. The ships fought in both world wars but for different owners and had a complex history.-History:...
  
  
• Regele Ferdinand class
  Regele Ferdinand class destroyer
  The Regele Ferdinand Class was two destroyers built in Italy for the Romanian Navy, which fought in World War II.-History:Following the end of World War I and the re-purchase of two Mărăşti class destroyers from Italy, the Romanian Government decided to order two more modern destroyers from the...
  
  

Soviet Navy

Soviet Navy

The Soviet Navy was the naval arm of the Soviet Armed Forces. Often referred to as the Red Fleet, the Soviet Navy would have played an instrumental role in a Warsaw Pact war with NATO, where it would have attempted to prevent naval convoys from bringing reinforcements across the Atlantic Ocean...

 

• Leningrad class
  Leningrad class destroyer
  The Leningrad-class destroyer leaders were built for the Soviet Navy in the late 1930s. They were inspired by the contre-torpilleurs built for the French Navy. They were ordered in two groups of three ships each, the first group was designated Project 1 and the second Project 38...
  
   — 6 ships
• Tashkent class
  Tashkent class destroyer
  The Tashkent Class were a group of destroyer leaders built for the Soviet Navy just before World War II. Only one ship was completed.The first ship, Tashkent was ordered under the second Five Year Plan, from the Italian OTO company of Livorno in 1935. She was considerably larger and more capable...
  
   — 1 ship
• Gnevny class
  Gnevny class destroyer
  The Gnevny class were a group of destroyers built for the Soviet Navy in the late 1930s - early 1940s. They are sometimes known as the Gremyashchiy class destroyer and the Official Soviet Designation was Project 7...
  
   — 28 ships
• Soobrazitelny class
  Soobrazitelny class destroyer
  The Soobrazitel'nyi class were destroyers built for the Soviet Navy in the early 1940s. The Soviet designation was Type 7U or Ulutshenyi . The ships fought in World War II. They were modified versions of the Gnevny class destroyers. The design was finalised in 1936 after initial disappointments...
  
   — 18 ships
• Opitny class — 1 ship
• Ognevoy class
  Ognevoy class destroyer
  The Ognevoi class were a series of destroyers built for the Soviet Navy during and immediately after World War II. The Soviet Designation was Project 30 and Project 30K....
  
   — 11 ships
• Zhivushiy (ex-USS) class — 9 ships
• Likhoy class
  Regele Ferdinand class destroyer
  The Regele Ferdinand Class was two destroyers built in Italy for the Romanian Navy, which fought in World War II.-History:Following the end of World War I and the re-purchase of two Mărăşti class destroyers from Italy, the Romanian Government decided to order two more modern destroyers from the...
  
   — 2 ships, ex-Regele Ferdinand class
  Regele Ferdinand class destroyer
  The Regele Ferdinand Class was two destroyers built in Italy for the Romanian Navy, which fought in World War II.-History:Following the end of World War I and the re-purchase of two Mărăşti class destroyers from Italy, the Romanian Government decided to order two more modern destroyers from the...
  
  
• Legky class
  Marasti class destroyer
  The Mărăști class were a group of destroyers built in Italy for the Romanian Navy. The ships fought in both world wars but for different owners and had a complex history.-History:...
  
   — 2 ships, ex-Marasti class
  Marasti class destroyer
  The Mărăști class were a group of destroyers built in Italy for the Romanian Navy. The ships fought in both world wars but for different owners and had a complex history.-History:...
  
  
• Prytky class
  German World War II destroyers
  At the outbreak of the Second World War, the German Navy, the Kriegsmarine, had 21 destroyers . These had all been built in the 1930s, making them modern vessels...
  
   — 2 ships, ex-Zerstörer 1934A class
  German World War II destroyers
  At the outbreak of the Second World War, the German Navy, the Kriegsmarine, had 21 destroyers . These had all been built in the 1930s, making them modern vessels...
  
  
• Prochny class
  Narvik class destroyer
  The Zerstörer 1936A-class destroyers, or Narvik-class destroyers as they were known to the Allies, were a class of German destroyers of the Second World War...
  
   — 1 ship, ex-German Zerstörer 1936A class
  Narvik class destroyer
  The Zerstörer 1936A-class destroyers, or Narvik-class destroyers as they were known to the Allies, were a class of German destroyers of the Second World War...
  
  
• Soldati class
  Soldati class destroyer
  The Soldati class were a group of destroyers built for the Italian Navy during World War II. The ships were named after military professions...
  
   — 5 ships, ex-Soldati class
  Soldati class destroyer
  The Soldati class were a group of destroyers built for the Italian Navy during World War II. The ships were named after military professions...
  
  
• Skoryy class
  Skoryy class destroyer
  The Skoryy class were the first destroyers built for the Soviet Navy after the end of World War II. Seventy ships were built between 1949 and 1953. The Soviet designation was Project 30bis.-Design:...
  
   — 70 ships
• Neustrashimy class
  Neustrashimy class destroyer
  The Neustrashimy was a destroyer built for the Soviet Navy in the early 1950s. She was to be the prototype for an extended production run but only one ship was built. The Neustrashimy was considered too big for series production and a modified design, the Kotlin Class destroyer was chosen for...
  
   — 1 ship
• Kotlin class
  Kotlin class destroyer (Project 56)
  Kotlin class destroyers were Cold War era ships built for the Soviet Navy. The Russian name for this class was Project 56 Spokoinyy . 27 ships were built between 1955 and 1958; they were all decommissioned in the late 1980s. The Kildin class is based on the design of the Kotlins...
  
   — 27 ships
• Kildin class
  Kildin class destroyer
  The Kildin Class destroyer was a series of destroyers built for the Soviet Navy in the late 1950s. They were a missile armed version of the Kotlin class destroyer Four ships were built around the KSShch anti-ship missile. When this missile became obsolete in the 1960s, three ships were modernised...
  
   — 4 ships
• Krupny class
  Kanin class destroyer
  The Kanin class destroyers were warships of the Soviet Navy during the Cold War. The Soviet designation was Project 57A Gnevny . These ships were the first Soviet guided missile destroyers and were initially designated Project 57bis and known to NATO as the Krupny class...
  
   — 7 ships
• Kashin class
  Kashin class destroyer
  The Kashin class destroyers were a group of guided missile destroyers built for the Soviet Navy in the 1960s and early 1970s. Their Soviet designation was Project 61...
  
   — 25 ships
• Sovremenny class
  Sovremenny class destroyer
  The Sovremenny class destroyer is the principal anti-surface warship of the Russian Navy. Soviet designation for the class was Project 956 Sarych ....
  
   — 21 ships
• Udaloy class
  Udaloy class destroyer
  The Udaloy I class are a series of anti-submarine destroyers built for the Soviet Navy, eight of which are currently in service with the Russian Navy. The Russian designation is Project 1155 Fregat...
  
   — 16 ships

South Korea (Republic of Korea Navy

Military of South Korea

The Republic of Korea Armed Forces or ROK Armed Forces, is the armed forces of the Republic of Korea...

)

• Gwanggaeto the Great class
  Gwanggaeto the Great class destroyer
  The Gwanggaeto the Great class destroyers , often called KD-I class, are destroyers, but are classified by some as frigates, operated by the Republic of Korea Navy...
  
   — 3 ships
• Chungmugong Yi Sunshin class
  Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin class destroyer
  Chungmugong Yi Sun-shin class destroyers are multipurpose destroyers of the Republic of Korea Navy. The lead ship of this class, ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sunshin, was launched in May 2002 and commissioned in December 2003...
  
   — 6 ships
• King Sejong the Great class — 2 ships

Spain (Armada Española

Spanish Navy

The Spanish Navy is the maritime branch of the Spanish Armed Forces, one of the oldest active naval forces in the world. The Armada is responsible for notable achievements in world history such as the discovery of Americas, the first world circumnavigation, and the discovery of a maritime path...

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• Destructor class — 1 ship
• Furor class — 6 ships
• Bustamante class — 3 ships
• Alsedo class — 3 ships
• Churruca class
  Churruca class destroyer
  Churruca was a Spanish destroyer class built for the Spanish Navy based on a British design. Eighteen ships were built, two sold to Argentina.The ships were authorized on 17 February 1915 by Navy Minister Augusto Miranda y Godoy...
  
   — 16 ships
• Teruel class — 2 ships
• Ceuta class
  Marasti class destroyer
  The Mărăști class were a group of destroyers built in Italy for the Romanian Navy. The ships fought in both world wars but for different owners and had a complex history.-History:...
  
   — 2 ships
• Liniers class — 2 ships
• Audaz class — 9 ships
• Oquendo class — 3 ships
• Lepanto class — 5 ships, ex-Fletcher class
  Fletcher class destroyer
  The Fletcher class were a class of destroyers built by the United States during World War II. The class was designed in 1939 as a result of dissatisfaction with the earlier destroyer leader types...
  
  
• Churruca class
  Churruca class destroyer
  Churruca was a Spanish destroyer class built for the Spanish Navy based on a British design. Eighteen ships were built, two sold to Argentina.The ships were authorized on 17 February 1915 by Navy Minister Augusto Miranda y Godoy...
  
   — 5 ships, ex-Gearing class
  Gearing class destroyer
  The Gearing class was a group of 98 destroyers built for the US Navy during and shortly after World War II. The Gearing design was a minor modification of the immediately preceding Allen M. Sumner class...
  
  

Sweden (Swedish Navy

Swedish Navy

The Royal Swedish Navy is the naval branch of the Swedish Armed Forces. It is composed of surface and submarine naval units – the Fleet – as well as marine units, the so-called Amphibious Corps .In Swedish, vessels of the Swedish Navy are given the prefix "HMS," short for Hans/Hennes...

)

• Erhenskold class
• Klas Horn class
• Göteborg class
  Göteborg class destroyer
  Göteborg class was a Swedish World War II destroyer class. Built 1936-1941 the class was designed as escort and neutral guard destroyers. In total six ships were constructed, , , , , and . After World War II the destroyers, later rebuilt as frigates, continued to serve in the Swedish navy...
  
  
• Mode class
• Visby class
  Visby class destroyer
  Visby class was a Swedish World War II destroyer class. During the years 1942-1944 four ships, , , and , were built and delivered to the Swedish navy. The ships were a part of Sweden's military buildup during the war. Under this period the ships were used as neutral guards and escort ships. In...
  
  
• Oland class
  Öland class destroyer
  Öland class was a Swedish destroyer class. From 1943-1947 two destroyers were constructed, and . Originally four ships were planned for the class but after the end of World War II two were canceled. When commissioned the ships were the largest destroyers that had ever served in the Swedish navy...
  
  
• Halland class
  Halland class destroyer
  The Halland class destroyers were two ships built for Swedish Navy in the 1950s. Four ships were planned, but the second pair were canceled. Two modified ships were exported to the Colombian Navy. These vessels were surface combatants general purpose....
  
  
• Östergotland class
  Östergotland class destroyer
  The Östergötland class were a group of destroyers built for the Swedish Navy in the late 1950's. They were smaller than the preceding Halland class destroyers and were decommissioned in 1982.-Ships:-References:...
  
  

Republic of China (Taiwan) (Zhōnghuá Mínguó Hǎijūn

Republic of China Navy

The Republic of China Navy is the maritime branch of the Armed forces of the Republic of China . The ROC Navy's primary mission is to defend ROC territories and the sea lanes that surround Taiwan against a blockade, attack, or possible invasion by forces of the People's Republic of China...

)

• Chao Yang class — 14 ships
• Lo Yang class — 8 ships
• Heng Yang class — 4 ships

Turkey (Osmanlı Donanması

Ottoman Navy

The Ottoman Navy was established in the early 14th century. During its long existence it was involved in many conflicts; refer to list of Ottoman sieges and landings and list of Admirals in the Ottoman Empire for a brief chronology.- Pre-Ottoman:...

 / Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri

Turkish Navy

The Turkish Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the Turkish Armed Forces.- Ottoman fleet after Mudros :Following the demise of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I, on November 3, 1918, the fleet commander of the Ottoman Navy, Liva Amiral Arif Pasha, ordered all flags to be...

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• Samsun class - 4 ships
• Muavenet-i Milliye class - 4 ships
• Adatepe class
  Adatepe class destroyer
  The Adatepe class destroyer or Kocatepe class destroyer were two destroyers built for the Turkish Navy by the Italian company, Ansaldo of Genoa in 1931....
  
   — 2 ships
• Tinaztepe class
  Tinaztepe class destroyer
  The Tinaztepe class were two destroyers built in Italy for the Turkish Navy in the 1930s.These ships were versions of the contemporary Italian Folgore class destroyer or Freccia class destroyer and were purchased while being built for the Italian Navy. In contrast with other Italian destroyers...
  
   — 2 ships
• Gaziantep class
  Gleaves class destroyer
  The Gleaves-class destroyers were a class of 66 destroyers of the United States Navy built 1938–1942, and designed by Gibbs & Cox. The first ship of the class was the USS Gleaves . The U.S. Navy customarily names a class of ships after the first ship of the class; hence the Gleaves class...
  
   - 4 ships
• Demirhisar class
  I class destroyer
  The I class was a class of eight destroyers plus a flotilla leader of the British Royal Navy ordered under the 1935 naval programme, laid down in 1936 and completed in 1937 and 1938...
  
   — 4 ships
• Alp Arslan class - 4 ships
• Geyret class - 1 ship
• İstanbul class
  Fletcher class destroyer
  The Fletcher class were a class of destroyers built by the United States during World War II. The class was designed in 1939 as a result of dissatisfaction with the earlier destroyer leader types...
  
   - 5 ships
• Zafer class
  Robert H. Smith class destroyer
  The Robert H. Smith class of destroyer minelayers was built by the United States during World War II.These vessels were all originally laid down as Allen M. Sumner class destroyers and converted during construction throughout 1944. In that time the United States produced 12 Robert H. Smith class...
  
   - 2 ships
• Yücetepe class
  Gearing class destroyer
  The Gearing class was a group of 98 destroyers built for the US Navy during and shortly after World War II. The Gearing design was a minor modification of the immediately preceding Allen M. Sumner class...
  
   - 10 ships
• Alçıtepe class
  Gearing class destroyer
  The Gearing class was a group of 98 destroyers built for the US Navy during and shortly after World War II. The Gearing design was a minor modification of the immediately preceding Allen M. Sumner class...
  
   - 2 ships
• Berk class
  Claud Jones class destroyer escort
  The Claud Jones class destroyer escorts were four ships built for the US Navy in the late 1950s. These ships were a Diesel version of the earlier Dealey class and were designed with the aim of producing a cheaper ship suitable for rapid production in wartime. These ships also had reduced armament...
  
   - 2 ships

Torpedo Boat Destroyers

In 1913, the surviving units among the large heterogeneous array of older Torpedo Boat Destroyer types of the "27-knotter" and "30-knotter" varieties were organised into the A, B, C and D classes according to their design speed and the number of funnels they possessed. The earlier "26-knotters" were not included as all six vessels had been deleted before 1913.

• 26-knot classes
  • Daring class — 2 ships
  • Havock class
    Havock class destroyer
    The Havock class was a class of torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. The two ships, and , built in London in 1893 by Yarrow & Company, were the first TBDs to be completed for the Royal Navy, although the equivalent pair from J.I...
    
     — 2 ships
  • Ferret class
    Ferret class destroyer
    -See also:* List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy...
    
     — 2 ships

• A class
  A class destroyer (1913)
  The A class as designated in 1913 was a heterogeneous group of torpedo boat destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s. Some 42 vessels were constructed to the individual designs of their builders to meet Admiralty specifications, the only uniting feature being a specified top speed of...
  
  ; (27-knot classes) - 36 original ships in this group
  • Ardent class — 3 ships
  • Charger class
    Charger class destroyer
    Three Charger-class destroyers served with the Royal Navy. , and were built by Yarrow Shipbuilders and armed with one twelve pounder gun and two torpedo tubes. They were given new boilers in 1900/01. They carried a complement of 53 officers and men....
    
     — 3 ships
  • Fervent class
    Fervent class destroyer
    Two Fervent class destroyers served with the Royal Navy. and were designed and built by Hanna Donald in 1895. The ships displaced 275 tons and were 200 feet long. Their Locomotive boilers generated 3,850 hp which produced a top speed of between 26 and 27 knots...
    
     — 2 ships
  • Hardy class
    Hardy class destroyer
    Two Hardy class destroyers served with the Royal Navy. and were both built by Doxford with Yarrow boilers. They displaced 260 tons, were 196 feet long and were armed with one twelve pounder gun and two torpedo tubes. They carried 53 officers and men and served in home waters before being sold...
    
     — 2 ships
  • Janus class
    Janus class destroyer
    Three Janus class destroyers served with the Royal Navy. , and were launched by Palmer's shipyard. They displaced 275 tons, were 200 feet long and produced 3,900 hp from their Reed boilers which gave them a top speed of 27 knots....
    
     — 3 ships
  • Salmon class
    Salmon class destroyer
    The Salmon class were two destroyers built by Earle's to an Admiralty specification for service with the Royal Navy.The specification called for a torpedo boat destroyer capable of 27 knots; the builders were largely free to design as necessary. A total of 42 ships would be provided by various...
    
     — 2 ships
  • Banshee class
    Banshee class destroyer
    The 'Banshee class was a class of three torpedo boat destroyers that served with the Royal Navy into the early part of the Twentieth century....
    
     — 3 ships
  • Conflict class
    Conflict class destroyer
    Three Conflict class destroyers served with the Royal Navy. There were built by the White Shipyard. , , and were 200 feet long, displaced 320 tons and produced 4,500 H.P. from their White-Forster boilers to give them a top speed of 27 knots...
    
     — 3 ships
  • Handy class
    Handy class destroyer
    Three Handy class destroyers served with the Royal Navy. , and were all built by Fairfield. The ships displaced 275 tons, were 194 feet long and their 4,000 h.p. Thornycroft boilers produced 27 knots. They were armed with one twelve pounder and two torpedo tubes. They carried a complement of...
    
     — 3 ships
  • Opossum class — 3 ships
  • Rocket class
    Rocket class destroyer
    Three Rocket class destroyers served with the Royal Navy. , and were launched at Clydebank in 1894. The ships displaced 280 tons, were 200 feet long and their Normand boilers produced 4,100 H.P. to give a top speed of 27 knots. They were armed with one twelve pounder and two torpedo tubes. ...
    
     — 3 ships
  • Sturgeon class
    Sturgeon class destroyer
    Three Sturgeon-class destroyers served with the Royal Navy. , and were built by the Vickers yard and differed from other similar ships in having their mast stepped before the first funnel. They had Blechynden boilers which gave them 4,000 HP and 27 knots. They were armed with one twelve pounder...
    
     — 3 ships
  • Swordfish class
    Swordfish class destroyer
    Two Swordfish class destroyers served with the Royal Navy. and were both built by Armstrong Whitworth at Elswick, Tyne and Wear launching in 1895. Fitted with Yarrow boilers, they could make 27 knots and were armed with one twelve pounder and two torpedo tubes....
    
     — 2 ships
  • Zebra class
    Zebra class destroyer
    Only one Zebra class destroyer, , served with the Royal Navy. She was built by the Thames Ironworks, displaced 310 tons and was 200 feet long. She was armed, as was common with ships of her type, with a twelve pounder and two torpedo tubes. Her White-Forster boilers produced 4,500 h.p...
    
     - 1 ship
• B class
  B class destroyer (1913)
  The B class as designated in 1913 was a heterogeneous group of torpedo boat destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the late 1890s. They were constructed to the individual designs of their builders to meet Admiralty specifications, the uniting feature being a specified top speed of and 4 funnels,...
  
   (4-funnelled, 30 knots (59 km/h) classes)
  • Quail class
    Quail class destroyer
    Four Quail-class destroyers served with the Royal Navy. These ships were all built by Laird, Son & Co. and were the first of the 'thirty knotters'....
    
     — 4 ships
  • Earnest class
    Earnest class destroyer
    Six Earnest-class destroyers served with the Royal Navy: Earnest, Griffon, Locust, Panther, Seal and Wolf. These ships were all built by Cammell Laird and were part of the class of 'thirty knotters'....
    
     — 6 ships
  • Spiteful class
    Spiteful class destroyer
    Two Spiteful class destroyers served with the Royal Navy. These ships were all built by Cammell Laird and were part of the group of boats known as the 'thirty knotters'....
    
     — 2 ships
  • Myrmidon class
    Myrmidon class destroyer
    The Myrmidon class destroyer was a class of two destroyers that served with the Royal Navy. and were built by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company as part of the group of boats known as the 'thirty knotters'....
    
     — 2 ships

• C class
  C class destroyer (1913)
  The C class as designated in 1913 was a heterogeneous group of torpedo boat destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the late-1890s. They were constructed to the individual designs of their builders to meet Admiralty specifications. The uniting feature of the class was a top speed of 30 knots, a...
  
   (3-funnelled, 30 knots (59 km/h) classes)
  • Star class
    Star class destroyer
    The Star-class destroyer was a class of eight destroyers that served in the Royal Navy: , , , , , , and , were all three-funnelled C-class destroyers, as designated in the reorganisation of classes in 1913...
    
     — 6 ships
  • Avon class
    Avon class destroyer
    Avon-class destroyer was a class of three destroyers that served in the Royal Navy. These three funnelled 30 knot vessels were redesignated C-class destroyers in the reorganisation of 1913....
    
     — 3 ships
  • Brazen class
    Brazen class destroyer
    The Brazen class formed part of a general class of forty turtleback destroyers capable of 30 knots built around the end of the 19th and the start of the 20th century for the Royal Navy....
    
     — 4 ships
  • Violet class
    Violet class destroyer
    Violet class destroyer was a 'class' of two destroyers that served in the Royal Navy.Violet and Sylvia were built by Doxford and sons in Sunderland. They were fitted with Thornycroft boilers which generated 6,300 HP and produced the demanded of these three funnelled C-class destroyers...
    
     — 2 ships
  • Mermaid class
    Mermaid class destroyer
    Two Mermaid-class destroyers served with the Royal Navy during the First World War. They were three-funnelled turtle-backed destroyers with the usual Hawthorn funnel tops. Built in 1896–1898, and were launched by R. & W...
    
     — 2 ships
  • Gipsy class
    Gipsy class destroyer
    Three Gipsy-class destroyers served with the Royal Navy; Osprey, Fairy and Gipsy were three funnelled C-class destroyers built by Fairfield with Thorneycroft boilers. Leven, Falcon and Ostrich are sometime referred to as the Falcon class but are here listed under the Gipsy class...
    
     — 3 ships
  • Bullfinch class
    Bullfinch class destroyer
    Two Bullfinch-class destroyers served with the British Royal Navy; and were both built by Earle's Shipbuilding company in Hull in 1898. They were 345-ton class C-class destroyers, sporting three funnels, and capable of a speed of , thanks to their Thornycroft boilers. They were 210 feet long,...
    
     — 3 ships
  • Fawn class — 6 ships
  • Falcon class — 2 ships
  • Greyhound class
    Greyhound class destroyer
    Three Greyhound class destroyers served with the Royal Navy during the First World War. Built in 1899–1902, , and were three-funnelled turtle-backed destroyers, with the usual Hawthorn funnel tops, built by R. & W...
    
     — 3 ships
  • Thorn class — 3 ships
  • Hawthorn special type — 2 ships
  • Thornycroft special — 1 ship
  • Armstrong-Whitworth special, — 1 ship

• D class
  D class destroyer (1913)
  The D class as so named in 1913 was a heterogeneous group of torpedo boat destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s. They were all constructed to the individual designs of their builder, John I. Thornycroft & Company of Chiswick, to meet Admiralty specifications...
  
  ; (2-funnelled, 30 knots (59 km/h) classes)

Unlike the "A", "B" and "C" classes, all the (two-funnel) "D" class were built by one shipbuilder (Thornycroft

Thornycroft

Thornycroft was a United Kingdom-based vehicle manufacturer which built coaches, buses, and trucks from 1896 until 1977.-History:Thornycroft started out with steam vans and lorries. John Isaac Thornycroft, the naval engineer, built his first steam lorry in 1896...

) and comprised a single class, with minor modifications between batches.

• • Desperate group — 4 ships
  • Angler group — 2 ships
  • Coquette group — 3 ships
  • Stag special type
    HMS Stag (1899)
    HMS Stag was a Royal Navy destroyer built by John I. Thornycroft & Company at Church Wharf, Chiswick on the River Thames and launched in 1899. She was constructed, like other Thornycroft destroyers of the period, of a new high tensile steel to save weight and was an improvement on the Ardent-class...
    
     — 1 ship
• Taku type
  HMS Taku
  Two vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Taku after the Taku forts in China.* The first Taku was a captured destroyer. Originally built by Schichau at Elbing for the Chinese Navy in 1898, she displaced 305 tons, had a speed of , and was armed with six 3-pounder guns and two torpedo...
  
   — 1 ship, 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 recognisable modern configuration.

• River or E class
  River class destroyer
  The River-class destroyer was a heterogeneous class of torpedo boat destroyer built to assorted builders' designs for the Royal Navy at the turn of the 20th century, which saw extensive service in World War I...
  
   — 33 ships
• Tribal or F class
  Tribal class destroyer (1905)
  The Tribal or F class was a class of destroyer built for the Royal Navy. Twelve ships were built between 1905 and 1908 and all saw service during World War I, where they saw action in the North Sea and English Channel as part of the 6th Flotilla and Dover Patrols.-Design:The preceding River or E...
  
   — 13 ships
• Beagle or G class
  Beagle class destroyer
  The Beagle class was a class of sixteen destroyers of the Royal Navy, all ordered under the 1908-1909 Programme and launched in 1909 and 1910...
  
   — 16 ships
• Acorn or H class
  Acorn class destroyer
  The Acorn class was a class of twenty destroyers of the Royal Navy all built under the 1909-1910 Programme, and completed between 1910 and 1911...
  
   — 20 ships
• Acheron or I class
  Acheron class destroyer
  The Acheron class was a class of twenty-three destroyers of the British Royal Navy, all built under the 1910-11 Programme and completed between 1911 and 1912, which served during World War I. A further six ships were built to the same design for the Royal Australian Navy as River-class destroyers...
  
   — 23 ships
• Acasta or K class
  Acasta class destroyer
  The Acasta class was a class of twenty destroyers built for the Royal Navy under the Naval Programme of 1911 - 1912 that saw service during World War I...
  
   — 20 ships
• Swift type
  HMS Swift (1907)
  HMS Swift was a unique destroyer leader designed and built for the Royal Navy prior to World War I, another product of Admiral "Jackie" Fisher's relentless quest for speed...
  
   — 1 ship
• Laforey or L class
  Laforey class destroyer (1913)
  The Laforey class was a class of 22 torpedo boat destroyers of the Royal Navy, twenty of which were built under the Naval Programme of 1912 - 1913 and a further two under the War Emergency Programme of 1914. As such they were the last pre-war British destroyer design. All served during World War I...
  
   — 22 ships
• Arno type
  HMS Arno (1915)
  HMS Arno was a unique destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw service and was lost during First World War. She was under construction in Genoa, Italy for the friendly Portuguese Navy as Liz in 1914 when she was bought by the Royal Navy for service in the Mediterranean...
  
   — 1 ship
• Admiralty M class
  Admiralty M class destroyer
  The M class, more properly known as the Admiralty M class, were a class of 85 destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I...
  
   — 74 ships
• Hawthorn M class — 2 ships
• Yarrow M class
  Yarrow M class destroyer
  The Yarrow M class was a class of ten destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I. They were generally similar to the standard Admiralty M class, but were instead designed by the builder, Yarrow & Company. Generally, they had two instead of three shafts, as well as two...
  
   — 10 ships
• Thornycroft M class
  Thornycroft M class destroyer
  The Thornycroft M or Mastiff class were a class of six destroyers completed for the Royal Navy during 1914-16 for World War I service. They were quite different from the Admiralty-designed ships of the Admiralty M class class, although based on a basic sketch layout provided by the Admiralty from...
  
   — 6 ships
• Talisman class
  Talisman class destroyer
  The Talisman class were a class of destroyers that were being built for the Turkish Navy at the outbreak of World War I but were taken over in November 1914 and completed for the Royal Navy for wartime service...
  
   — 4 ships
• Medea class
  Medea class destroyer
  The Medea class were a class of destroyers that were being built for the Greek Navy at the outbreak of World War I and that were taken over and completed for the Royal Navy for wartime service. All were named after characters from Greek mythology as result of their Greek heritage.The Medeas were a...
  
   — 4 ships
• Faulknor class leader
  Faulknor class leader
  The Faulknor class were a class of flotilla leaders that were under construction in the United Kingdom for the Chilean Navy at the outbreak of World War I. These ships were purchased by the British, taken over and completed for the Royal Navy for wartime service...
  
   — 4 ships
• Marksman class leader
  Marksman class leader
  The Marksman class were a class of flotilla leaders built for the Royal Navy. Two each were ordered in the naval programmes of 1913–14 and 1914–15 with a further three being ordered under the Emergency War Programme and all saw service during World War I.Like other British flotilla leader designs,...
  
   — 7 ships
• Parker class leader — 6 ships
• Admiralty R class
  R class destroyer (1916)
  The first R class were a class of 62 destroyers built between 1916 and 1917 for the Royal Navy. They were an improvement, specifically in the area of fuel economy, of the earlier M-class destroyers...
  
   — 39 ships
• Yarrow Later M class
  Yarrow Later M class destroyer
  The Yarrow Later M class were a class of seven destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I. They were based on the preceding and successful Yarrow M class with minor alterations; notably reduced beam to compensate for increased displacement and a sloping stern...
  
   — 7 ships
• Thornycroft R class
  R class destroyer (1916)
  The first R class were a class of 62 destroyers built between 1916 and 1917 for the Royal Navy. They were an improvement, specifically in the area of fuel economy, of the earlier M-class destroyers...
  
   — 5 ships
• Admiralty modified R class
  R class destroyer (1916)
  The first R class were a class of 62 destroyers built between 1916 and 1917 for the Royal Navy. They were an improvement, specifically in the area of fuel economy, of the earlier M-class destroyers...
  
   — 11 ships
• Admiralty S class
  S class destroyer (1916)
  The S class were a class of 67 destroyers built from 1917 for the Royal Navy. The design was based on the Admiralty modified R class and all ships had names beginning with S or T....
  
   — 55 ships
• Yarrow S class
  S class destroyer (1916)
  The S class were a class of 67 destroyers built from 1917 for the Royal Navy. The design was based on the Admiralty modified R class and all ships had names beginning with S or T....
  
   — 7 ships
• Thornycroft S class
  S class destroyer (1916)
  The S class were a class of 67 destroyers built from 1917 for the Royal Navy. The design was based on the Admiralty modified R class and all ships had names beginning with S or T....
  
   — 5 ships
• Admiralty V class
  V and W class destroyer
  The V and W class was an amalgam of six similar classes of destroyer built for the Royal Navy under the War Emergency Programme of the First World War and generally treated as one class...
  
   — 28 ships
• Admiralty W class
  V and W class destroyer
  The V and W class was an amalgam of six similar classes of destroyer built for the Royal Navy under the War Emergency Programme of the First World War and generally treated as one class...
  
   — 19 ships
• Thornycroft V and W class
  V and W class destroyer
  The V and W class was an amalgam of six similar classes of destroyer built for the Royal Navy under the War Emergency Programme of the First World War and generally treated as one class...
  
   — 4 ships
• Thornycroft modified W class
  V and W class destroyer
  The V and W class was an amalgam of six similar classes of destroyer built for the Royal Navy under the War Emergency Programme of the First World War and generally treated as one class...
  
   — 2 ships
• Admiralty modified W class
  V and W class destroyer
  The V and W class was an amalgam of six similar classes of destroyer built for the Royal Navy under the War Emergency Programme of the First World War and generally treated as one class...
  
   — 15 ships
• Admiralty type leader
  Admiralty type leader
  The Admiralty type leader, sometimes known as the Scott class, were a class of eight destroyer leaders designed and built for the Royal Navy towards the end of World War I. They were named after Scottish historical leaders...
  
   — 8 ships
• Thornycroft type leader or Shakespeare class
  Thornycroft type leader
  The Thornycroft type leader or Shakespeare class were a class of five destroyer leaders designed by John I. Thornycroft & Company and built by them at Woolston, Southampton for the Royal Navy towards the end of World War I. They were named after historical naval leaders. Only Shakespeare and...
  
   — 5 ships
• Ambuscade type
  HMS Ambuscade (D38)
  HMS Ambuscade was a British Royal Navy destroyer which served in the Second World War. She and her Thornycroft competitor, Amazon, were prototypes designed to exploit advances in construction and machinery since World War I and formed the basis of Royal Navy destroyer evolution up to the Tribal...
  
   — 1 ship
• Amazon type
  HMS Amazon (D39)
  HMS Amazon was a prototype design of destroyer ordered for the Royal Navy in 1924. She was designed and built by Thornycroft in response to an admiralty request for a new design of destroyer incorporating the lessons and technological advances of the First World War...
  
   — 1 ship

• Inter-war standard classes
  • A class
    A class destroyer
    The A class was a flotilla of eight destroyers built for the Royal Navy as part of the 1927 naval programme. A ninth ship, Codrington, was built to an enlarged design to act as the flotilla leader...
    
     — 9 ships
  • B class
    B class destroyer
    The B class was a class of nine destroyers of the British Royal Navy, ordered as part of the 1928 Naval Estimates, launched in 1930 and that commissioned in 1931. The class was similar to the preceding A class, with minor modifications...
    
     — 9 ships
  • C class
    C and D class destroyer
    The C and D class was a group of 14 destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. As in previous years, it was originally intended to order a complete flotilla comprising eight destroyers—plus a flotilla leader as the ninth unit—in each year. However, only four ships—plus a leader—were...
    
     — 5 ships
  • D class
    C and D class destroyer
    The C and D class was a group of 14 destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. As in previous years, it was originally intended to order a complete flotilla comprising eight destroyers—plus a flotilla leader as the ninth unit—in each year. However, only four ships—plus a leader—were...
    
     — 9 ships
  • E class
    E and F class destroyer
    The E and F class was a class of 18 destroyers of the Royal Navy that served during the Second World War. Three ships were later transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy, one to the Royal Hellenic Navy and one to the Dominican Navy. Launched in 1934, they served in the Second World War. Nine were lost...
    
     — 9 ships
  • F class
    E and F class destroyer
    The E and F class was a class of 18 destroyers of the Royal Navy that served during the Second World War. Three ships were later transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy, one to the Royal Hellenic Navy and one to the Dominican Navy. Launched in 1934, they served in the Second World War. Nine were lost...
    
     — 9 ships
  • G class
    G and H class destroyer
    The G- and H-class destroyers were a class of twenty-four destroyers of the Royal Navy launched in 1935–1939. They served in World War II and sixteen were lost, with a seventeenth being written off as a constructive total loss...
    
     — 9 ships
  • H class
    G and H class destroyer
    The G- and H-class destroyers were a class of twenty-four destroyers of the Royal Navy launched in 1935–1939. They served in World War II and sixteen were lost, with a seventeenth being written off as a constructive total loss...
    
     — 9 ships
  • I class
    I class destroyer
    The I class was a class of eight destroyers plus a flotilla leader of the British Royal Navy ordered under the 1935 naval programme, laid down in 1936 and completed in 1937 and 1938...
    
     — 9 ships
  • ex-Brazilian H class
    G and H class destroyer
    The G- and H-class destroyers were a class of twenty-four destroyers of the Royal Navy launched in 1935–1939. They served in World War II and sixteen were lost, with a seventeenth being written off as a constructive total loss...
    
     — 6 ships
  • ex-Turkish I class
    I class destroyer
    The I class was a class of eight destroyers plus a flotilla leader of the British Royal Navy ordered under the 1935 naval programme, laid down in 1936 and completed in 1937 and 1938...
    
     — 2 ships
• Tribal class
  Tribal class destroyer (1936)
  The Tribal class, or Afridi class, were a class of destroyers built for the Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Australian Navy that saw service in World War II...
  
   — 27 ships
• J, K and N class
  J, K and N class destroyer
  The J, K and N class was a class of 24 destroyers of the Royal Navy launched in 1938. They were a return to a smaller vessel, with a heavier torpedo armament, after the Tribal class that emphasised guns over torpedoes. The ships were built in three flotillas or groups, eight each of ships with...
  
   — 24 ships
• Hunt class
  Hunt class destroyer
  The Hunt class was a class of Destroyer escort of the Royal Navy. The first vessels were ordered early in 1939, and the class saw extensive service in World War II, particularly on the British East Coast and Mediterranean convoys. They were named after British fox hunts...
  
   — 83 ships
• L and M class
  L and M class destroyer
  The L and M class was a class of sixteen destroyers which served in the British Royal Navy during World War II. The ships of the class were launched between 1939 and 1942.-Design details:...
  
   — 16 ships
• Town class
  Town class destroyer
  The Town class destroyers were warships transferred from the United States Navy to the Royal Navy and the Royal Canadian Navy in exchange for military bases in the Bahamas and elsewhere, as outlined in the Destroyers for Bases Agreement between Britain and United States, signed on 2 September 1940...
  
   — 50 ships from three classes of United States Navy
  United States Navy
  The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
  
   destroyers, transferred 1940

• World War II War Emergency Programme classes
  War Emergency Programme destroyers
  The War Emergency Programme destroyers were 112 destroyers built for the British Royal Navy during World War II. They were based on the hull and machinery of the earlier J, K and N class destroyer. Due to supply problems and the persistent failure by the Royal Navy to develop a suitable...
  
  
  • O and P class
    O and P class destroyer
    The O and P class was a class of destroyers of the British Royal Navy. Ordered in 1939, they were the first ships in the War Emergency Programme, also known as the 1st and 2nd Emergency Flotilla, respectively...
    
     — 16 ships
  • Q and R class
    Q and R class destroyer
    The Q and R class was a class of sixteen War Emergency Programme destroyers ordered for the British Royal Navy in 1940 as the 3rd and 4th Emergency Flotilla. They served as convoy escorts during World War II. Three Q class ships were transferred to the Royal Australian Navy upon completion, with...
    
     — 16 ships
  • S and T class
    S and T class destroyer
    The S and T class was a class of sixteen destroyers of the Royal Navy launched in 1942–1943. They were built as two flotillas, known as the 5th and 6th Emergency Flotilla respectively and they served as fleet and convoy escorts in World War II.-Design features:The S class, introduced the CP ...
    
     — 16 ships
  • U and V class
    U and V class destroyer
    The U and V class was a class of sixteen destroyers of the Royal Navy launched in 1942–1943. They were constructed in two flotillas, each with names beginning with "U-" or "V-"...
    
     — 16 ships
  • W and Z class
    W and Z class destroyer
    The W and Z class was a class of sixteen destroyers of the Royal Navy launched in 1943–1944. They were constructed as two flotillas, with names beginning with "W-" and "Z-", respectively, although, like the preceding U and V class, two of the flotilla leaders were named after historical naval...
    
     — 16 ships
  • C class
    C class destroyer (1943)
    The C class was a class of 32 destroyers of the Royal Navy that were launched from 1943 to 1945. The class was built in four flotillas of 8 vessels, the Ca, Ch, Co and Cr classes, ordered as the 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th Emergency Flotillas respectively...
    
     — 32 ships

• Battle class
  Battle class destroyer
  The Battle class were a class of destroyers of the British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy . Built in three groups, the first group were ordered under the 1942 naval estimates. A modified second and third group, together with two ships of an extended design were planned for the 1943 and 1944...
  
   — 23 ships
• Weapon class
  Weapon class destroyer
  The Weapon class was a class of destroyers built for the British Royal Navy towards the end of World War II. They were the smaller counterpart to the Battle class and were the first new destroyer designs for the Royal Navy since the Second World War Emergency Programme...
  
   — 4 ships
• Daring class
  Daring class destroyer (1949)
  The Daring class was a class of eleven destroyers built for the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy . Constructed after World War II, and entering service during the 1950s, eight ships were constructed for the RN, and three ships for the RAN. Two of the RN destroyers were subsequently sold to and...
  
   — 8 ships

Guided-missile destroyers

• County class
  County class destroyer
  The County class was a class of guided missile destroyers, the first such vessels built by the Royal Navy. Designed specifically around the Sea Slug anti-aircraft missile system, the primary role of these ships was area air-defence around the aircraft carrier task force in the nuclear-war...
  
   — 8 ships
• Type 82
  Type 82 destroyer
  The Type 82 or Bristol-class destroyer was to be a class of four Royal Navy warships intended as area air-defence destroyers to replace the County-class destroyers, and to serve as escorts to the planned CVA-01 aircraft carriers...
  
   — 1 ship
• Type 42
  Type 42 destroyer
  The Type 42 or Sheffield class, are guided missile destroyers used by the British Royal Navy and the Argentine Navy. The first ship of the class was ordered in 1968 and launched in 1971, and today three ships remain active in the Royal Navy and one in the Argentinian Navy...
  
   — 14 ships (6 Sheffield, 4 Exeter, 4 Manchester)
• Type 45
  Type 45 destroyer
  The United Kingdom's Type 45 destroyer is an air defence destroyer programme of the Royal Navy which will replace its Type 42 destroyers. The first ship in the class, HMS Daring, was launched on 1 February 2006 and commissioned on 23 July 2009. The ships are now built by BAE Systems Surface Ships...
  
   — 6 ships, scheduled for commissioning 2009-2014

United States (United States Navy

United States Navy

The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...

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See also: List of destroyer classes of the United States Navy

• Bainbridge class
  Bainbridge class destroyer
  Officially designated as Torpedo Boat Destroyers when authorized by Congress in 1898, the Bainbridge-class destroyers were the first destroyers of the United States Navy, built from 1899 through 1903....
  
   — 13 ships
• Truxtun class
  Truxtun class destroyer
  Three Truxtun-class destroyers served in the United States Navy., and were all built by Maryland Steel Company and commissioned in 1902. After service during World War I, all were sold in 1920 and converted to merchant vessels....
  
   — 3 ships
• Smith class
  Smith class destroyer
  The Smith-class destroyers were among the first destroyers in the United States Navy.Five ships were built using the basic Smith design. However, Flusser and Reid are sometimes considered to be Flusser-class ships.-Ships in class:...
  
   — 5 ships
• Paulding class
  Paulding class destroyer
  The Paulding-class destroyers were a modification of the Smith-class. The newer class burned oil rather than coal, lightening the ships and making them faster....
  
   — 21 ships
• Cassin class
  Cassin class destroyer
  Four destroyers in the United States Navy formed the Cassin-class. All served as convoy escorts during World War I. The Cassins were the first of six "second-generation" 1000-ton four-stack destroyer classes that were front-line ships of the Navy until the 1930s.They were the first to carry the new...
  
   — 8 ships
• O'Brien class
  O'Brien class destroyer
  The O'Brien class of destroyers was a class of six ships designed by and built for the United States Navy shortly before the United States entered World War I. The O'Brien class was the third of five classes of destroyers that were known as the "thousand tonners", because they were the first U.S...
  
   — 6 ships
• Tucker class
  Tucker class destroyer
  The Tucker class of destroyers was a ship class of six ships designed by and built for the United States Navy shortly before the United States entered World War I. The Tucker class was the fourth of five classes of destroyers that were known as the "thousand tonners", because they were the first U.S...
  
   — 6 ships
• Sampson class
  Sampson class destroyer
  The Sampson-class destroyers served in the United States Navy during World War I.Commissioned in 1916 and 1917, the class was a slight modification of the O'Brien-class and Tucker-class...
  
   — 6 ships
• Caldwell class
  Caldwell class destroyer
  The Caldwell class of destroyers served in the United States Navy near the end of World War I.Built in 1917 and 1918, the 6 ships of the Caldwell class were flush-decked to remove the fo'c'sle break weakness of the preceding Tucker class. The forward sheer of the Caldwell class was improved to...
  
   — 6 ships
• Wickes class
  Wickes class destroyer
  The Wickes-class destroyers were a group of 111 destroyers built by the United States Navy in 1917-1919. Along with the 6 preceding Caldwell class and 155 subsequent Clemson-class destroyers, they formed the "flush-deck" or "four-stack" class. Only a few were completed in time to serve in World...
  
   — 111 ships
• Clemson class
  Clemson class destroyer
  The Clemson class was a series of 156 destroyers which served with the United States Navy from after World War I through World War II.The Clemson-class ships were commissioned by the United States Navy from 1919 to 1922, built by Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, New York Shipbuilding...
  
   — 156 ships
• Farragut class (1934)
  Farragut class destroyer (1934)
  The Farragut-class destroyers were a class of eight 1,365-ton destroyers in the United States Navy.Following provisions of the London Naval Treaty of 1930, the ships were laid down between 1932 and completed by 1935...
  
   — 8 ships
• Porter class
  Porter class destroyer
  The Porter-class destroyers were a class of eight 1,850-ton destroyers in the United States Navy.The first four ships were laid down in 1933 by New York Shipbuilding and the next four in 1934 at Bethlehem Steel Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts...
  
   — 8 ships
• Mahan class
  Mahan class destroyer
  The Mahan-class destroyers served in the United States Navy before and during World War II. The lead ship of the class was named for Alfred T. Mahan, a US Naval officer and influential theorist on sea power....
  
   — 18 ships
• Gridley class
  Gridley class destroyer
  The Gridley-class destroyers were a class of four 1500-ton destroyers in the United States Navy.The initial two ships were laid down on June 3, 1935 and commissioned in 1937. The second two were laid down in March of 1936 and commissioned in 1938....
  
   — 4 ships
• Bagley class
  Bagley class destroyer
  The Bagley class of destroyers was built by the United States. All eight ships were ordered and laid down in 1935 and subsequently completed in 1937. Their layout was based upon the Gridley-class destroyer design, but they retained the power plants of the Mahan-class destroyers, and thus had a...
  
   — 8 ships
• Somers class
  Somers class destroyer
  The Somers-class destroyer was a class of 1850-ton United States Navy destroyer based on the Porter-class. They were answers to the large destroyers that the Japanese navy was building at the time, and were initially intended to be leaders for destroyer flotillas...
  
   — 5 ships
• Benham class
  Benham class destroyer
  Ten Benham-class destroyers were commissioned into United States Navy during 1938 and 1939. Much of their design is based upon the previous Gridley- and Bagley-class destroyers...
  
   — 10 ships
• Sims class
  Sims class destroyer
  The Sims-class consisted of 12 destroyers in the United States Navy, built in seven various shipyards, and commissioned in 1939 and 1940. It was the last United States destroyer class completed prior to World War II. All Sims-class ships saw action in World War II, and seven survived the war...
  
   — 12 ships
• Gleaves class
  Gleaves class destroyer
  The Gleaves-class destroyers were a class of 66 destroyers of the United States Navy built 1938–1942, and designed by Gibbs & Cox. The first ship of the class was the USS Gleaves . The U.S. Navy customarily names a class of ships after the first ship of the class; hence the Gleaves class...
  
   — 66 ships
• Benson class
  Benson class destroyer
  The Benson class was a class of 30 destroyers of the U.S. Navy built 1939–1943. The first ship of the class was the . The U.S. Navy customarily names a class of ships after the first ship of the class; hence the Benson class....
  
   — 30 ships
• Fletcher class
  Fletcher class destroyer
  The Fletcher class were a class of destroyers built by the United States during World War II. The class was designed in 1939 as a result of dissatisfaction with the earlier destroyer leader types...
  
   — 175 ships
• Allen M. Sumner class
  Allen M. Sumner class destroyer
  The Allen M. Sumner class was a group of 58 destroyers built by the United States during World War II. Another twelve ships were completed as destroyer minelayers...
  
   — 58 ships
• Gearing class
  Gearing class destroyer
  The Gearing class was a group of 98 destroyers built for the US Navy during and shortly after World War II. The Gearing design was a minor modification of the immediately preceding Allen M. Sumner class...
  
   — 98 ships
• Mitscher class
  Mitscher class destroyer
  The Mitscher class destroyer was an experimental destroyer class of four ships that were built for the United States Navy shortly after World War II. Considerably larger than all previous destroyers, they would have been the first post-war destroyer class had they not been reclassified during...
  
   — 4 ships
• Forrest Sherman class
  Forrest Sherman class destroyer
  The 18 Forrest Sherman-class destroyers were the first US post-war destroyers . and later ships were equipped with B&W Bailey Meter Company's new automatic boiler combustion control system, and a modified hurricane bow/anchor configuration...
  
   — 18 ships
• Farragut class (1958)
  Farragut class destroyer (1958)
  The Farragut class was the second destroyer class of the United States Navy to be named for Admiral David Glasgow Farragut. The class is sometimes referred to as the Coontz class, since Coontz was first to be designed and built as a guided missile ship, whereas the previous three ships were...
  
   — 10 ships
• Charles F. Adams class
  Charles F. Adams class destroyer
  The Charles F. Adams class is a ship class of 29 guided missile destroyers built between 1958 and 1967. Twenty three ships were built for the United States Navy, 3 for the Royal Australian Navy, and 3 for the West German Bundesmarine. The ships were based on the existing Forrest Sherman class, but...
  
   — 23 ships
• Spruance class
  Spruance class destroyer
  The Spruance-class destroyer was developed by the United States to replace a large number of World War II-built Allen M. Sumner- and Gearing-class destroyers, and was the primary destroyer built for the U.S. Navy during the 1970s....
  
   — 30 ships
• Kidd class
  Kidd class destroyer
  The Kidd class guided missile destroyers were a series of four warships based upon the hull of the Spruance class destroyers. These ships were originally ordered by the Shah of Iran for service in the Persian Gulf in an air defense role...
  
   — 4 ships
• Arleigh Burke class
  Arleigh Burke class destroyer
  The Arleigh Burke class of guided missile destroyers is the United States Navy's first class of destroyer built around the Aegis combat system and the SPY-1D multi-function phased array radar. The class is named for Admiral Arleigh "31-Knot" Burke, the most famous American destroyer officer of...
  
   — 36 ships, 1989- (further ships are being constructed or planned)
• Zumwalt class — (ships in construction or planning)

Yugoslavia (Yugoslav Navy

Yugoslav Navy

The Yugoslav Navy was the navy of Yugoslavia. It was essentially a coastal defense force with the mission of preventing enemy landings along the Yugoslavia's rugged 4,000- kilometer shoreline or coastal islands, and contesting an enemy blockade or control of the strategic Strait of Otranto...

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• Dubrovnik
• Beograd class
  Beograd class destroyer
  The Beograd-class destroyers were built for the Yugoslav Royal Navy in the late 1930s. The ships all took part in World War II. Two of the three were captured by the Italian Navy after the invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941, and one of those was subsequently captured by the Germans.-Design:Following...
  
  
• Split

Venezuela (ARBV)

• Nueva Esparta class
  Nueva Esparta class destroyer
  The Nueva Esparta-class destroyers were a class of warships used by the navy of Venezuela. The lead ship was named after Nueva Esparta , the name of the largest island in Venezuela....
  
   — 3 ships
• Almirante Clemente class
  Almirante Clemente class destroyer
  The Almirante Clemente class of destroyer escorts is a class of warships built for several countries. The class was designed by Luigi Ansaldo Ficantieri for the Venezuelan Naval Forces, currently Venezuelan Navy, in the 50's to complement its Nueva Esparta class destroyer.The Venezuelan Navy has 2...
  
  — 6 ships