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British destroyers of WWII
The RN's destroyers at the outbreak of WWII were those vessels developed and built in the inter-war years, based on the experience of WWI and the restrictions of the inter-war naval treaties.

Classes

 * Inter-war standard classes
 * Ambuscade type &mdash; 1 ship, 1926, Yarrow prototype of new design.
 * Amazon type &mdash; 1 ship, 1926, Thornycroft prototype of new design.
 * A class &mdash; 9 ships, 1928–1931
 * B class &mdash; 9 ships, 1929–1931
 * C class &mdash; 5 ships, 1930–1934
 * D class &mdash; 9 ships, 1931–1933
 * E class &mdash; 9 ships, 1933–1934
 * F class &mdash; 9 ships, 1933–1935
 * G class &mdash; 9 ships, 1934–1936
 * H class &mdash; 9 ships, 1935–1937
 * I class &mdash; 9 ships, 1936–1937
 * Tribal class &mdash; 27 ships, 1936–1944
 * J, K and N class &mdash; 24 ships, 1938–1941
 * L and M class &mdash; 16 ships, 1939–42
 * World War II War Emergency Programme classes
 * O and P class &mdash; 16 ships, 1941–1942
 * Q and R class &mdash; 16 ships, 1941–1942
 * S and T class &mdash; 16 ships, 1942–1943
 * U and V class &mdash; 16 ships, 1942–1943
 * W and Z class &mdash; 16 ships, 1943–1944
 * C class &mdash; 32 ships, (8 Ca-, 8 Ch-, 8 Co-, 8 Cr-), 1943–1945
 * Battle class &mdash; 23 ships (16 Group I, 7 Group II), 1943–1946
 * Weapon class &mdash; 4 ships, 1945–1946
 * Foreign purchases and transfers
 * ex-Brazilian H class &mdash; 6 ships, 1938–1940, ex-Brazilian purchases
 * ex-Turkish I class &mdash; 2 ships, 1939–1941, ex-Turkish purchases
 * Town class &mdash; 50 ships from three classes of United States Navy destroyers, built 1917–1920, transferred 1940
 * Escort destroyers
 * Hunt class &mdash; 83 ships (20 Type I, 33 Type II, 28 Type III, 2 Type IV), 1939–1942, "escort destroyers"
 * Post-war all-gun design
 * Daring class &mdash; 8 ships, 1949–1952

German destroyers and torpedo boats of WWII
German destroyers and torpedo boats at the outbreak of the Second World War were those vessels built during Nazi Germany's programme of re-armament.

Classes: Torpedo boats

 * Type 23
 * Type 24
 * Type 35
 * Type 37
 * Elbing-class torpedo boat
 * Torpedoboot Ausland

Classes: Destroyers

 * Type 1934
 * Type 1934A-class destroyer
 * Type 1936-class destroyer
 * Type 1936A-class destroyer
 * Type 1936A / 1936A (Mob) / Narvik
 * Type 1936B