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British destroyers of WWI

See also: List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy

The RN's destroyers at the outbreak of the First World War were those vessels developed to counter the threat of the small fast torpedo boats used by other navies to the capital ships of the RN.

Classes

• ”26-knotter” type
  • A class after 1913

• "27-knotter" type
  • (A class after 1913)

• “30-knotter” type
  • (4-funnelled, = B class after 1913
  • (3-funnelled, = C class
  • (2-funnelled, = D class

• River or E class, — 33 ships, 1903–1905
• Cricket-class coastal destroyer (1906-1909), 36 ships
• Tribal or F class — 13 ships, 1907–1909
• Beagle or G class — 16 ships, 1909–1910
• Acorn or H class — 20 ships, 1910–1911
• Acheron or I class — 23 ships, 1910–1915
• Acasta or K class — 20 ships, 1912–1913
• Laforey or L class — 22 ships, 1913–1915
• M class — 92 ships, 1914–1917
  • Admiralty M class — 74 ships, 1914–1917
  • Hawthorn M class — 2 ships, 1915
  • Yarrow M class — 10 ships, 1914–1916
  • Thornycroft M class — 6 ships, 1914–1916
• R class 66 ships, 1916–1917
  • Admiralty R class — 39 ships, 1916–1917
  • Yarrow Later M class — 7 ships, 1916–1917
  • Thornycroft R class — 5 ships, 1916–1917
  • Admiralty modified R class — 11 ships, 1916–1917
• S class — 67 ships, 1916–1924
  • Admiralty S class — 55 ships, 1916–1924
  • Yarrow S class — 7 ships, 1917–1919
  • Thornycroft S class — 5 ships, 1917–1919
• V & W classes — 58 ships, 1918–1924
  • Admiralty V class — 28 ships, 1916–1918 (including 5 V-class leaders)
  • Admiralty W class — 19 ships, 1916–1918
  • Thornycroft V and W class — 4 ships, 1918
  • Admiralty modified W class — 15 ships, 1918–1922
  • Thornycroft modified W class — 2 ships, 1918–1924

Purchases

• Arno-type — 1 ship, 1914, Italian built for Portugal but purchased in 1915
• Talisman class — 4 ships, 1914–1916, ex-Turkish purchases
• Medea class — 4 ships, 1915, ex-Greek purchases

Destroyer leaders

• Swift-type — 1 ship, 1907, large 36-knot flotilla leader prototype
• Faulknor class leader — 4 ships, 1914, ex-Chilean purchases
• Marksman class leader — 7 ships, 1915–1916
• Parker class leader — 6 ships, 1916–1917
• Admiralty V-class leaders — 5 ships, 1916–1917
• Admiralty type leader or Scott class — 8 ships, 1917–1919
• Thornycroft type leader or Shakespeare class — 5 ships, 1917–1921

References

• Cocker, M : Destroyers of the Royal Navy: 1893 to the Present Day (2011) ISBN 9780752461595
• R Gardiner, R Gray : Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1906–1921 (1985) ISBN 0-85177-245-5
• John Moore : Jane's Fighting Ships of World War 1 (1919, reprinted 2001) ISBN 1 85170 378 0

External links

• Destroyer Leaders G Mason, navalhistory.net
• Destroyers G Mason
• Torpedo-boats and coastal destroyers G Mason

[[Category:Destroyers of the Royal Navy

German destroyers and torpedo boats of WWI

See also: German ocean-going torpedo boats and destroyers of World War I

German destroyers and torpedo boats at the outbreak of the First World War were those vessels developed to offset the numerical advantage in capital ships held by Germany's rivals, particularly the Royal Navy. German vessels of this type were classed throughout as torpedo boats, although the later, larger ocean-going vessels equated to destroyers in other navies, and were referred to as such by their crews.

Classes: Torpedo boats

• Early types

• 1885 Type

S7-class torpedo boat

• 1886 Type

D1-class torpedo boat

D7-class torpedo boat

• 1892 Type

S66-class torpedo boat

• 1897 Type

S82-class torpedo boat

• 1898 Type

S90-class torpedo boat (renamed T-n in 1914-16)

• 1906 Type

S138-class torpedo boat (T-n in 1917)

• 1914 Type

A1-class torpedo boat

A26-class torpedo boat

A56-class torpedo boat

Classes: large/ocean-going torpedo boats

• 1911 Type

V1-class torpedo boat

• 1913 Type

V25-class torpedo boat

• 1916 Type

S113-class torpedo boat

• 1916 Mobilization Type

G-96/V-125 class torpedo boat

• 1917 Mobilization Type

G148-class torpedo boat

• 1918 Mobilization Type

V170-class torpedo boat

• Destroyers

B 97-class destroyer

• Foreign vessels in IGN service

Taku

R01-class torpedo boat (ex-Russian)

G101-class torpedo boat (ex-Argentinian)

V105-class torpedo boat (ex-Dutch)

References

• R Gardiner, R Gray : Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1906–1921 (1985) ISBN 0-85177-245-5
• Erich Groner : German Warships 1815-1945 Vol 1 (1982) ISBN 0-85177-533-0
• John Moore : Jane's Fighting Ships of World War 1 (1919, reprinted 2001) ISBN 1 85170 378 0

External links

• High Seas Fleet Torpedoboats in: Michael Emmerich, German Naval History.

• [[Category:World War I naval ships of Germany
• [[Category:World War I torpedo boats of Germany
• [[Category:Torpedo boats of the Imperial German Navy
• [[Category:Ships of the Imperial German Navy