List of destroyer classes

This is a list of destroyer classes.

Argentina (Armada de la República Argentina)

• Catamarca class — 2 ships
• La Plata class — 2 ships
• Cervantes class — 2 ships, ex-Churruca class
• Mendoza class — 3 ships
• Buenos Aires class — 7 ships, improved G class
• Almirante Domecq García class — 5 ships, ex-Fletcher class
• Seguí class — 3 ships, ex-Allen M. Sumner class
• Comodoro Py class — 1 ship, ex-Gearing class
• Hercules class — 2 ships (same as UK's Type 42 Batch 1)
• Almirante Brown class — 4 ships, MEKO 360 H2

Australia (Royal Australian Navy)

• River class — 6 ships
• Anzac class — 1 ship
• Stalwart class — 5 ships
• V and W class — 4 ships
• Scott class — 1 ship
• Nizam class — 5 ships
• Arunta class — 3 ships
• Quadrant class — 5 ships
• Battle class — 2 ships
• Daring class — 3 ships
• Perth class — 3 ships
• Hobart class — 3 ships

Austria-Hungary (Austro-Hungarian Navy)

• Huszár class — 13 ships[1]
• Warasdiner class— 1 ship[1]
• Tátra class— 6 ships[1]
• Ersatz Triglav class— 4 ships[1]

Brazil (Marinha do Brasil)

• Pará class — 10 ships
• Marcilio Dias class — 3 ships
• Jurua class — 6 ships ordered but requisitioned by the Royal Navy as Havant class
• Acre class — 6 ships
• Pará class — 7 ships, ex-Fletcher class
• Mato Grosso class — 5 ships, ex-Allen M. Sumner class
• Marcilio Dias' class — 2 ships, ex-Gearing class
• Pará class — 4 ships, ex-Garcia class

Canada (Royal Canadian Navy)

• M or Patriot class — 2 ships
• Vancouver class — 2 ships, ex-S class
• River class — 14 ships
• Montgomery class — 5 ships, ex-Clemson class
• St Croix class — 3 ships, ex-Wickes class
• Tribal class — 8 ships
• Algonquin class — 2 ships
• Crescent class — 2 ships
• St Laurent class — 7 ships
• Restigouche class — 7 ships
• Mackenzie class — 4 ships
• Annapolis class — 2 ships
• Iroquois class — 4 ships

Chile (Armada de Chile)

• Capitán Orella class — 4 ships
• Mutilla class — 6 ships, improved Viper class
• Capitán Merino Jarpa class — 3 ships
• Almirante Lynch class — 6 ships planned, 5 delivered
• Serrano class — 6 ships
• Almirante class — 2 ships
• Blanco Encalada class — 2 ships, ex-Fletcher class
• Ministro Zenteno class — 2 ships, ex-Allen M. Sumner class
• Prat class — 4 ships, ex-County class

China (People's Liberation Army Navy)

• Anshan class — 4 ships, all retired (ex-Gnevny class)
• Sovremennyy class — 4 ships in active service
• Type 051 (NATO codename Luda) — 17 ships, all retired
• Type 052 (NATO codename Luhu) — 2 ships in active service
• Type 051B (NATO codename Luhai) — 1 ship in active service
• Type 052B (NATO codename Luyang I) — 2 ships in active service
• Type 051C (NATO codename Luzhou) — 2 ships in active service
• Type 052C (NATO codename Luyang II) — 6 ships in active service
• Type 052D — 15 ships in active service, 6 in sea trials and 4 under construction
• Type 055 — 1 ship in active service, 4 in sea trials and 3 under construction

Colombia (Armada de la República de Colombia)

• Antioquia class — 2 ships, ex-Douro class
• Halland class — 2 ships
• Antioquia class — 1 ship, ex-Fletcher class
• Caldas class — 2 ships, ex-Allen M. Sumner class

Ecuador (Armada del Ecuador)

• Presidente Eloy Alfaro class - 1 ship, ex-Gearing class

Egypt (Egyptian Navy)

• El Fateh class — 2 ships, ex-Z class
• El Nasser class — 3 ships, ex-Project 30bis
• Hunt-class destroyer escort - 2 ships

Estonia (Eesti Merevägi)

• Wambola class — 1 ship, ex-Orfei class
• Lennuk class — 1 ship, ex-Izyaslav class

France (Marine Nationale)

• Horizon class — 2 ships
• Aquitaine class — 8 ships (in construction or planning)

Germany (Deutsche Marine)

Greece (Hellenic Navy)

Royal Hellenic Navy (1832–1974)

• Niki class — 4 ships
• Thyella class — 4 ships
• Aetos class — 4 ships
• Kriti class — 4 ships ordered but requisitioned by Royal Navy as Medea class
• Keravnos class — 2 ships
• Hydra class — 4 ships
• Vasilefs Georgios class — 2 ships, modified G class
• Salamis class — 1 ship, ex-B class
• Navarinon class — 1 ship, ex-E class
• Adrias class — 8 ships, ex-Hunt class
• Doxa class — 2 ships, ex-Gleaves class
• Wild Beast class — 4 ships, ex-Cannon class
• Sfnedoni class — 6 ships, ex-Fletcher class

Hellenic Navy (1974–Present)

• Themistocles class — 7 ships, ex-Gearing class
• Nearchus class — 4 ships, ex-Charles F. Adams class

India (Bharatiya Nau Sena)

• Hunt class — 8 ships
• Ranjit class — 3 ships
• Rajput class — 5 ships
• Delhi class — 3 ships
• Kolkata class — 3 ships
• Visakhapatnam class — 4 under construction[2][3]

Indonesia (Tentara Nasional Indonesia-Angkatan Laut)

• Gadjah Mada class - 1 ship, ex-N class
• Siliwangi class — 7 ships, ex-Project 30bis upgraded to Project 30BK

Iran (Iranian Navy)

• Damavand class — 1 ship
• Babr class — 2 ships
• Gearing-class - 2 ships
• Jamaran class — 2 ships
• Khalije Fars class — Under construction

Israel (Israeli Navy)

• Z-class destroyer - 2 ships
• Hunt-class destroyer escort - 1 ship

Italy (Italian Navy)

Regia Marina (1861–1946)

• Lampo class — 5 ships
• Nembo class — 6 ships
• Soldato class — 10 ships
• Indomito class — 6 ships
• Ardito class — 2 ships
• Audace class — 2 ships
• Rosolino Pilo class — 8 ships
• Alessandro Poerio class — 3 ships
• Aquila class — 4 ships, originally ordered by Romania
• Mirabello class — 3 ships
• La Masa class — 8 ships
• Giuseppe Sirtori class — 4 ships
• Palestro class — 4 ships
• Generali class — 6 ships
• Curtatone class — 4 ships
• Leone class — 3 ships
• Sella class — 4 ships
• Sauro class — 4 ships
• Turbine or Borea class — 8 ships
• Navigatori class — 12 ships
• Freccia or Dardo class — 4 ships
• Folgore class — 4 ships
• Maestrale class — 4 ships
• Oriani class — 4 ships
• Soldati class — 12 ships

Marina Militare (1946–present)

• Benson-class — 1 ship
• Gleaves-class — 1 ship
• Fletcher-class — 3 ships
• Impetuoso class — 2 ships
• Impavido class — 2 ships
• Audace class — 2 ships
• Luigi Durand de la Penne class — 2 ships
• Andrea Doria class — 2 ships

Japan

• Asakaze class — 2 ships
• Ariake class — 2 ships
• Harukaze class — 2 ships
• Ayanami class — 7 ships
• Murasame class — 3 ships
• Akizuki class — 2 ships
• Yamagumo class — 6 ships
• Takatsuki class — 4 ships
• Minegumo class — 3 ships
• Hatsuyuki class — 12 ships
• Asagiri class — 8 ships
• Hatakaze class — 2 ships
• Kongō class — 4 ships
• Murasame class — 9 ships
• Takanami class — 5 ships
• Atago class — 2 ships
• Akizuki class — 4 ships
• Asahi class — 2 ships
• Maya class — 2 ships

Mexico (Armada de México)

• Cuauhtémoc class — 2 ships, ex-Fletcher class
• Quetzalcoatl class — 3 ships, ex-Gearing class
• Manuel Azueta class — 1 ship, converted Edsall class

Netherlands (Koninklijke Marine)

• Wolf class (Roofdier class) — 8 ships
• Admiralen class — 8 ships
• Gerard Callenburgh class — 2 ships
• Van Galen class — 2 ships, ex-N class
• Holland class — 4 ships
• Friesland class — 8 ships

Norway (Kongelige Norske Marine)

• Draug class — 3 ships
• Sleipner class — 6 ships
• Stord class — 2 ships, ex-S class
• Town class — 5 vessels on loan from the Royal Navy.
• Oslo class — 4 ships, ex-C class
• Hunt class — 5 ships

Pakistan (Pɑkistan Bahri'a)

• Tariq class — 3 ships, ex-O class
• Taimur class — 4 ships, ex-C class
• Badr class — 2 ships, ex-Battle class
• Tariq class — 3 ships, ex-Gearing class
• Babur class — 1 ship, ex-County class
• Tariq class — 5 ships, ex-Amazon-class

Peru (Marina de Guerra del Perú)

• Teniente Rodríguez class — 1 ship
• Almirante Guise class — 1 ship, ex-Izyaslav class
• Almirante Villar class — 1 ship, ex-Orfei class
• Villar class — 2 ships, ex-Fletcher class
• Palacios class — 2 ships, ex-Daring class
• Garcia y Garcia class — 1 ship, ex-Holland class
• Colonel Bolognesi class — 7 ships, ex-Friesland class

Poland (Marynarka Wojenna)

• Wicher class — 2 ships
• Grom class — 2 ships
• Garland — 1 ship, ex-G class
• Piorun class — 1 ship, ex-N class
• Orkan class — 1 ship, ex-M class
• Hunt (Batch III) class — 3 ships
• Wicher class — 2 ships, ex-Project 30 class
• Warszawa class — 1 ship, ex-Project 56AE
• Warszawa class — 1 ship ex-Project 61MP

Portugal (Marinha Portuguesa)

• Tejo class — 1 ship
• Guadiana class — 4 ships
• Liz class — 1 ship
• Vouga class — 5 ships

Romania (Romanian Navy)

• Regele Ferdinand-class— 2 ships
• Mărăști-class - 2 ships (Aquila-class scout cruisers rearmed as destroyers)
• Amiral Murgescu-class - 1 ship completed (minelaying destroyer escort)

Russia/USSR (Russian Navy)

Imperial Russian Navy

Soviet Navy

• Leningrad class — 6 ships
• Tashkent class — 1 ship
• Gnevny class — 28 ships
• Soobrazitelnyy class — 18 ships
• Opytny class — 1 ship
• Ognevoy class — 11 ships
• Zhivushiy (ex-USS) class — 9 ships
• Likhoy class — 2 ships, ex-Regele Ferdinand class
• Legky class — 2 ships, ex-Marasti class
• Prytky class — 2 ships, ex-Zerstörer 1934A class
• Prochny class — 1 ship, ex-German Zerstörer 1936A class
• Soldati class — 5 ships, ex-Soldati class
• Skoryy class — 70 ships
• Neustrashimy class — 1 ship
• Kotlin class — 27 ships
• Kildin class — 4 ships
• Krupny class — 7 ships
• Kashin class — 25 ships
• Sovremennyy class — 21 ships
• Udaloy class — 16 ships

Siam (Royal Siamese Navy)

• Sua Taynchon class — 2 ships
• Phra Ruang class — 1 ship

South Africa (South African Navy)

• W class — 2 ships

South Korea (Republic of Korea Navy)

• Chungmu class — 3 ships, ex-Fletcher class
• Chungbuk class — 7 ships, ex-Gearing class
• Dae Gu class — 2 ships, ex-Allen M. Sumner class
• Gwanggaeto the Great class — 3 ships
• Chungmugong Yi Sunshin class — 6 ships
• Sejong the Great class — 3 ships

Spain (Armada Española)

• Destructor class — 1 ship
• Furor class — 6 ships
• Bustamante class — 3 ships
• Alsedo class — 3 ships
• Churruca class — 16 ships
• Teruel class — 2 ships
• Ceuta class — 2 ships
• Liniers class — 2 ships
• Audaz class — 9 ships
• Oquendo class — 3 ships
• Lepanto class — 5 ships, ex-Fletcher class
• Churruca class — 5 ships, ex-Gearing class

Sweden (Swedish Navy)

• Ragnar class — 3 ships
• Hugin class — 2 ships
• Wrangel class — 2 ships
• Ehrenskold class — 2 ships
• Klas class — 2 ships
• Göteborg class — 6 ships
• Psilander class — 2 ships
• Romulus class — 2 ships
• Mode class — 4 ships
• Visby class — 4 ships
• Oland class — 2 ships
• Halland class — 2 ships
• Östergotland class — 4 ships

Republic of China (Taiwan) (Zhōnghuá Mínguó Hǎijūn)

• Chao Yang class — 14 ships (ex-Gearing class)
• Lo Yang class — 8 ships (ex-Allen M. Sumner class)
• Heng Yang class — 4 ships (ex-Fletcher class)
• Keelung class — 4 ships (ex-Kidd class)

Turkey (Osmanlı Donanması / Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri)

• Samsun class — 4 ships
• Muavenet-i Milliye class — 4 ships
• Adatepe class — 2 ships
• Tinaztepe class — 2 ships
• Gaziantep class — 4 ships (ex-Gleaves class)
• Demirhisar class — 4 ships (ex-I class)
• Alp Arslan class — 4 ships (ex-M class)
• Geyret class — 1 ship (ex-O and P class)
• İstanbul class — 5 ships (ex-Fletcher class)
• Zafer class — 2 ships (ex-Robert H. Smith class)
• Yücetepe class — 10 ships (ex-Gearing class)
• Alçıtepe class — 2 ships (ex-Gearing class)
• Berk class — 2 ships (ex-Claud Jones class)

United Kingdom (Royal Navy)

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 — 2 ships
  • Ferret class — 2 ships
• A class; (27-knot classes) — 36 original ships in this group
  • Ardent class — 3 ships
  • Charger class — 3 ships
  • Fervent class — 2 ships
  • Hardy class — 2 ships
  • Janus class — 3 ships
  • Salmon class — 2 ships
  • Banshee class — 3 ships
  • Conflict class — 3 ships
  • Handy class — 3 ships
  • Opossum class — 3 ships
  • Rocket class — 3 ships
  • Sturgeon class — 3 ships
  • Swordfish class — 2 ships
  • Zebra class — 1 ship
• B class (4-funnelled, 30-knot (56 km/h) classes)
  • Quail class — 4 ships
  • Earnest class — 6 ships
  • Spiteful class — 2 ships
  • Myrmidon class — 2 ships
• C class (3-funnelled, 30-knot (56 km/h) classes)
  • Star class — 6 ships
  • Avon class — 3 ships
  • Brazen class — 4 ships
  • Violet class — 2 ships
  • Mermaid class — 2 ships
  • Gipsy class — 3 ships
  • Bullfinch class — 3 ships
  • Fawn class — 6 ships
  • Falcon class — 2 ships
  • Greyhound class — 3 ships
  • Thorn class — 3 ships
  • Hawthorn special type — 2 ships
  • Thornycroft special — 1 ship
  • Armstrong-Whitworth special, — 1 ship
• D class; (2-funnelled, 30-knot (56 km/h) classes)

Unlike the A, B and C classes, all the (two-funnel) D class were built by one shipbuilder (Thornycroft) 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 — 1 ship
• Taku type — 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 — 33 ships
• Tribal or F class — 13 ships
• Beagle or G class — 16 ships
• Acorn or H class — 20 ships
• Acheron or I class — 23 ships
• Acasta or K class — 20 ships
• Swift type — 1 ship
• Laforey or L class — 22 ships
• Arno type — 1 ship
• Admiralty M class — 74 ships
• Hawthorn M class — 2 ships
• Yarrow M class — 10 ships
• Thornycroft M class — 6 ships
• Talisman class — 4 ships
• Medea class — 4 ships
• Faulknor class leader — 4 ships
• Marksman class leader — 7 ships
• Parker class leader — 6 ships
• Admiralty R class — 39 ships
• Yarrow Later M class — 7 ships
• Thornycroft R class — 5 ships
• Admiralty modified R class — 11 ships
• Admiralty S class — 55 ships
• Yarrow S class — 7 ships
• Thornycroft S class — 5 ships
• Admiralty V class — 28 ships
• Admiralty W class — 19 ships
• Thornycroft V and W class — 4 ships
• Thornycroft modified W class — 2 ships
• Admiralty modified W class — 15 ships
• Admiralty type leader — 8 ships
• Thornycroft type leader or Shakespeare class — 5 ships
• Ambuscade type — 1 ship
• Amazon type — 1 ship
• Inter-war standard classes
  • A class — 9 ships
  • B class — 9 ships
  • C class — 5 ships
  • D class — 9 ships
  • E class — 9 ships
  • F class — 9 ships
  • G class — 9 ships
  • H class — 9 ships
  • I class — 9 ships
  • ex-Brazilian H class — 6 ships
  • ex-Turkish I class — 2 ships
• Tribal class — 27 ships
• J, K and N class — 24 ships
• Hunt class — 83 ships
• L and M class — 16 ships
• Town class — 50 ships from three classes of United States Navy destroyers, transferred 1940
• World War II War Emergency Programme classes
  • O and P class — 16 ships
  • Q and R class — 16 ships
  • S and T class — 16 ships
  • U and V class — 16 ships
  • W and Z class — 16 ships
  • C class — 32 ships
• Battle class — 23 ships
• Weapon class — 4 ships
• Laid down post-war
  • Daring class — 8 ships

Guided-missile destroyers

• County class — 8 ships
• Type 82 — 1 ship
• Type 42 — 14 ships (6 Sheffield, 4 Exeter, 4 Manchester)
• Type 45 — 6 ships, commissioned 2009–2013

United States (United States Navy)

• Bainbridge class — 13 ships
• Truxtun class — 3 ships
• Smith class — 5 ships
• Paulding class — 21 ships
• Cassin class — 8 ships
• O'Brien class — 6 ships
• Tucker class — 6 ships
• Sampson class — 6 ships
• Caldwell class — 6 ships
• Wickes class — 111 ships
• Clemson class — 156 ships
• Farragut class (1934) — 8 ships
• Porter class — 8 ships
• Mahan class — 18 ships
• Gridley class — 4 ships
• Bagley class — 8 ships
• Somers class — 5 ships
• Benham class — 10 ships
• Sims class — 12 ships
• Gleaves class — 66 ships
• Benson class — 30 ships
• Fletcher class — 175 ships
• Allen M. Sumner class — 58 ships
• Gearing class — 98 ships
• Mitscher class — 4 ships
• Forrest Sherman class — 18 ships
• Farragut class (1958) — 10 ships
• Charles F. Adams class — 23 ships
• Spruance class — 30 ships
• Kidd class — 4 ships
• Arleigh Burke class — 62 ships, 1989– (further ships are being constructed or planned)
• Zumwalt class — 3 ships (in construction or planning)

Yugoslavia (Yugoslav Navy)

• Dubrovnik class — 1 ship
• Beograd class — 3 ships
• Split class — 1 ship
• W class — 2 ships

Venezuela (ARBV)

• Nueva Esparta class — 3 ships
• Almirante Clemente class — 6 ships

Notes

1. Gardiner and Gray 1985, p. 338.
2. "Indigenously built warship ready for launch". freepressjournal. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
3. "All About the INS Visakhapatnam, Navy's Most Powerful Destroyer". ndtv. Retrieved 17 April 2015.

References

• Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.