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The history of the Destroyer from the first destroyer launched in 1893, HMS Havoc, to the destroyers launched in 1917. Full list of destroyers, launch dates and fate, and brief histories and photos supplied by visitors and enthusiasts to the site.

List of Royal Navy Destroyers from 1893 to 1919.   For Destroyers Launched from 1920 Click Here
Ships Name Launch Date Fate

HMS Havock and HMS Hornet               View Class
HMS Havock 12th August 1893 at Yarrows   Sold 1911 and Broken up in 1912.
HMS Hornet 23rd December 1893 Broken up in 1909.

Daring Class.   Built by Thornycroft,                View Class
HMS Daring 25th November 1893 Broken up in 1912.
HMS Decoy 2nd February 1894 Collided with another vessel in 1904.

Ardent Class  Built by Thornycroft,                    View Class
HMS Ardent 16th October 1894 Broken up in 1911.
HMS Boxer 28th November 1894 Collided with another vessel in 1918.
HMS Bruizer 27th February 1895 Broken up in 1914.

Charger Class                             View Class
HMS Charger 15th September 1894 Broken up in 1912.
HMS Dasher 28th November 1894 Broken up in 1912.
HMS Hasty 16th June 1894 Broken up in 1912.

Haughty Class                 View Class
HMS Hardy 16th December 1895 Broken up in 1911.
HMS Haughty 18th September 1895 Broken up in 1911.

Janus Class                        View Class
HMS Janus 12th March 1895 Broken up in 1914.
HMS Lightning 10th April 1895 Mined in 1915.
HMS Porcupine 19th September 1895 Broken up in 1920.
Snapper Class
HMS Salmon 15th January 1895 Broken up in 1912.
HMS Snapper 30th January 1895 Broken up in 1912.
Banshee Class                      View Class
HMS Banshee 17th November 1894 Broken up in 1912.
HMS Contest 1st December 1894 Broken up in 1911.
HMS Dragon 15th December 1894 Broken up in 1912.
HMS Ferret  1893 Sold and Broken up 1911
HMS Lynz 1894 Sold and Broken up 1912
Fervent Class                         View Class
HMS Fervent 20th March 1895 Broken up in 1920.
HMS Zephyr 10th May 1895 Broken up in 1920.
Conflict Class                      View Class
HMS Conflict 13th December 1894 Broken up in 1920.
HMS Teazer 9th February 1895 Broken up in 1912.
HMS Wizard 26th February 1895 Broken up in 1920.
Handy Class                         View Class
HMS Handy 9th March 1895 Broken up in 1916.
HMS Hart 27th March 1895 Broken up in 1912.
HMS Hunter 28th December 1895 Broken up in 1912.
Opossum Class              View Class
HMS Opossum 9th August 1895 Broken up in 1920.
HMS Ranger 4th October 1895 Broken up in 1920.
HMS Sunfish 28th May 1895 Broken up in 1920.
Rocket Class                           View Class
HMS Rocket 14th August 1894 Broken up in 1912.
HMS Shark 22nd September 1894 Broken up in 1911.
HMS Surly 10th November 1894 Broken up in 1920.
Sturgeon Class            View Class
HMS Skate 13th March 1895 Broken up in 1907.

HMS Starfish

 26th January 1895 Broken up in 1912.
HMS Sturgeon 21st July 1894 Broken up in 1912.
Swordfish Class           View Class
HMS Spitfire 7th June 1895 Broken up in 1912.
HMS Swordfish 27th March 1895 Broken up in 1910.
 
HMS Zebra 3rd December 1895 Broken up in 1914.
Desperate Class                       View Class
HMS Desperate 15th February 1896 Broken up in 1920.
HMS Foam 8th October 1896 Broken up 1920
HMS Fame 15th April 1896 Broken up in 1921.
HMS Mallard 19th November 1896 Broken up in 1920.
Quail Class                   View Class
HMS Quail 24th September 1895 Broken up in 1919.
HMS Sparrowhawk 8th October 1895 Wrecked in 1904.
HMS Thrasher 5th November 1895 Broken up in 1919.
HMS Virago 19th November 1895 Broken up in 1919.
Angler Class                          View Class
HMS Angler 2nd February 1897 Broken up in 1920.
HMS Ariel 5th March 1897 Wrecked 1907.
Avon Class                      View Class
HMS Avon 10th October 1896 Broken up in 1920.
HMS Bittern 1st February 1897 Collided with another vessel and was lost in 1918.
HMS Otter 23rd November 1896 Broken up in 1916.
Earnest Class                    View Class
HMS Earnest 7th November 1896 Broken up in 1920.
HMS Griffon 21st November 1896 Broken up in 1920.
HMS Locust 5th December 1896 Broken up in 1919.
HMS Panther 21st January 1897 Broken up in 1920.
HMS Seal 6th March 1897 Broken up in 1921.
HMS Wolf 2nd June 1897 Broken up in 1921.
Star Class                                 View Class
HMS Star 11th August 1896 Broken up in 1919.
HMS Whiting 26th August 1896 Broken up in 1919.
HMS Bat 7th October 1896 Broken up in 1919.
HMS Crane 17th December 1896 Broken up in 1919.
HMS Chamois 9th December 1896 Foundered in 1904.
HMS Flying Fish 4th March 1897 Broken up in 1919.
Brazen Class                      View Class
HMS Brazen 3rd July 1896 Broken up in 1919.
HMS Electra 14th July 1896 Broken up in 1920.
HMS Recruit 22nd August 1896 Torpedoed in 1915.
HMS Vulture 22nd March 1898 Broken up in 1919.
Violet Class                          View Class
HMS Violet 3rd May 1897 Broken up in 1920.
HMS Sylvia 3rd July 1897 Broken up in 1919.
Mermaid Class                          View Class
HMS Mermaid 22nd February 1898 Broken up in 1919.
HMS Cheerful 14th July 1897 Mined in 1917.
Gypsy Class                              View Class
HMS Osprey 7th April 1897 Broken up in 1919.
HMS Fairy 29th May 1897 Foundered 1918.
HMS Gypsy 9th March 1897 Sold 1921.
Coquette Class                         View Class
HMS Coquette 25th November 1897 Mined in 1916.
HMS Cynthia 8th January 1898 Broken up in 1920.
HMS Cygnet 3rd September 1898 Broken up in 1920.
Bullfinch Class                   View Class
HMS Dove 21st March 1898 Broken up in 1920.
HMS Bullfinch 10th February 1898 Broken up in 1919.
 
HMS Kestrel 25th March 1898 Broken up in 1921.
Fawn Class                      View Class
HMS Fawn 13th April 1897 Broken up in 1919.
HMS Flirt 15th May 1897 Sunk during action in 1916.
 
HMS Leopard 20th March 1897 Broken up in 1919.
 
HMS Orwell 29th September 1898 Broken up in 1922.
 
HMS Lee 27th January 1899 Wrecked in 1909.
 
HMS Leven 28th June 1898 Broken up in 1920.
Spiteful Class                                             View Class
HMS Peterel 30th March 1899 Broken up in 1919.
HMS Spiteful 11th January 1899 Broken up in 1920.
Stag Class                                             View Class
HMS Stag 18th November 1899 Broken up in 1921.
Greyhound Class                                   View Class
HMS Greyhound 6th October 1900 Broken up in 1919.
HMS Racehorse 8th November 1900 Broken up in 1920.
HMS Roebuck 4th January 1901 Broken up in 1919.
 
HMS Success 21st March 1901 Wrecked 1914.
Myrmidon Class                                 View Class
HMS Myrmidon 26th May 1900 Collided with another vessel in 1917.
HMS Syren 20th December 1900 Broken up in 1920.
Vixen Class
HMS Vixen 29th March 1900 Broken up in 1921.
Falcon Class
HMS Ostrich 22nd March 1900 Broken up in 1920.
HMS Falcon 29th December 1899 Collided with another vessel in 1918.
 
HMS Albatross  (Cost  £68,311 ) 19th July 1898 Laid Down 27th November 1896, Launched 19th July 1898, Competed July 1900 and Broken up in 1920.
 
HMS Express  (cost £71,797) 11th December 1897 Laid Down 1st December 1896, Launched 11th December 1897 Completed February 1902 and Broken up in 1921.
 
HMS Arab  (Cost 67,849) 9th February 1901 Laid Down 5th March 1900, Launched 9th February 1901, Competed January 1903  and Broken up in 1919.

Purchased Destroyers. Built by British Shipbuilders on Speculation 

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HMS Thorn 17th March 1900 Broken up 1919.
HMS Tiger 19th May 1900 Collided with HMS Berwick and cut in two. with the loss of 28 men April  2nd  1908.
HMS Vigilant 16th August 1900 Broken up in 1920.
HMS Kangeroo 8th September 1900 Broken up in 1920.
HMS Lively 14th July 1900 Broken up in 1920.
HMS Spritely 25th September 1900 Broken up in 1921.
Turbine Destroyers Built on Speculation              Click here for details
MS Viper 6th September 1899 Ran aground in the Channel Islands in 1901.
HMS Cobra 28th June 1899 Foundered 1901.
HMS Velox 11th February 1902 Mined in 1915.
HMS Taku 1898 Broken up in 1916.
Palmer Class Destroyers                                      View Class
HMS Erne 14th January 1903 Wrecked in 1915.
HMS Ettrick 28th February 1903 Broken up in 1919.
HMS Exe 27th April 1903 Broken up in 1920.
HMS Albacore 19th September 1906 Sold for scrapping in August 1919.
HMS Bonetta 14th January 1907 Sold for scrapping in June 1920.

Tribal Group Torpedo Boat Destroyers                          View Information
HMS Afridi 8th May 1907 Part of the 6th Flotilla and Dover Patrols. Sold for breaking in 1919.
HMS Cossack 16th February 1907 Part of the 6th Flotilla and Dover Patrols. Sold for breaking in 1919.
HMS Ghurka 29th April 1907 Part of the 6th Flotilla and Dover Patrols. Mined and sunk on 8th February 1917.
HMS Mohawk 15th March 1907 Part of the 6th Flotilla and Dover Patrols. Sold for breaking in 1919.
HMS Tartar 25th June 1907 Part of the 6th Flotilla and Dover Patrols. Sold for breaking in 1921.
HMS Amazon 29th July 1908 Part of the 6th Flotilla and Dover Patrols. Sold for breaking in 1919.
HMS Saracen 31st March 1908 Part of the 6th Flotilla and Dover Patrols. Sold for breaking in 1919.
HMS Crusader 20th March 1909 Part of the 6th Flotilla and Dover Patrols. Sold for breaking in 1920.
HMS Maori 24th May 1909 Part of the 6th Flotilla and Dover Patrols. Mined and sunk on 7th May 1915.
HMS Nubian 21st April 1909 Part of the 6th Flotilla and Dover Patrols. Her bow was blown off on 27th October 1916 when she tried to ram a German destroyer. She was joined with HMS Zulu to form HMS Zubian in 1916-17.
HMS Viking 14th September 1909 Part of the 6th Flotilla and Dover Patrols. Sold for breaking in 1919.
HMS Zulu 16th September 1909 Part of the 6th Flotilla and Dover Patrols. Her stern was blown off by a mine on 8th November 1916. She was joined with HMS Nubian to form HMS Zubian in 1916-17.
 
HMS Swift 7th December 1907 Sold for scrapping in November 1921.
River Class Destroyers (1903)                         View information
HMS Ribble 19th March 1904 Broken up in 1920.
HMS Teviot 7th November 1903 Broken up in 1919.
HMS Usk 25th July 1903 Broken up in 1920.
HMS Derwent 14th February 1903 Mined and sunk in 1917.
HMS Eden 13th February 1903 Collided with another vessel in 1916 and sank.
HMS Foyle 25th February 1903 Mined and sunk in 1917.
HMS Itchen 17th March 1903 Torpedoed and sunk in 1917.
HMS Kennet 4th December 1903 Broken up in 1919.
HMS Jed 16th February 1904 Broken up in 1920.
HMS Welland 14th April 1904 Broken up in 1920.
HMS Cherwell 23rd July 1903 Sold for scrap in 1919.
HMS Dee 10th September 1903 Sold for scrap in July 1919.
HMS Arun 29th April 1903 Broken up in 1920.
HMS Blackwater 25th July 1903 Sunk after colliding with another vessel in 1909.
HMS Waveney 16th March 1903 Broken up in 1920.
HMS Chelmer 8th December 1904 Broken up in 1920.
HMS Colne 21st May 1905 Broken up in 1919.
HMS Ure 25th October 1904 Broken up in 1919.
HMS Wear 21st January 1905 Broken up in 1919.
HMS Liffey 23rd September 1904 Broken up in 1919.
HMS Moy 10th November 1904 Broken up in 1919.
HMS Ouse 7th January 1905 Broken up in 1919.
HMS Boyne 12th September 1904 Broken up in 1919.
HMS Doon 8th November 1904 Broken up in 1919.
HMS Kale 8th November 1904 Mined and sunk in 1918.
HMS Rother 5th January 1904 Broken up in 1919.
HMS Gala 7th January 1905 Never fully completed. Sunk after colliding with another vessel in 1908.
HMS Garry 21st May 1905 Broken up in 1919 after colliding with the Attentive.
HMS Ness 5th January 1905 Broken up in 1919.
HMS Nith 7th March 1905 Broken up in 1919.
HMS Swale 20th April 1905 Broken up in 1919.
HMS Stour 3rd June 1905 Sold for scrapping in August 1919.
HMS Test 6th May 1905 Sold for scrapping in August 1919.
Beagle Class Destroyers                       View Class
HMS Beagle 16th October 1909 Sold for scrapping in November 1921.
HMS Bulldog 13th November 1909 Sold for scrapping in September 1920.
HMS Foxhound 11th December 1909 Sold for scrapping in November 1921.
HMS Pincher 15th March 1910 Wrecked on 24th July 1918.
HMS Grasshopper 23rd November 1909 Sold for scrapping in November 1921.
HMS Mosquito 27th January 1910 Sold for scrapping in August 1920.
HMS Scorpion 19th February 1910 Sold for scrapping in October 1921.
HMS Scourge 11th February 1910 Sold for scrapping in May 1921.
HMS Racoon 15th February 1910 Wrecked on 9th January 1918.
HMS Renard 30th November 1909 Sold for scrapping in August 1920.
HMS Wolverine 15th January 1910 Sank after colliding with another vessel on 12th December 1917.
HMS Rattlesnake 14th March 1910 Sold for scrapping in May 1921.
HMS Nautilus 30th March 1910 Renamed to Grampus on 16th December 1912 and eventually sold for scrapping in September 1920.
HMS Savage 10th March 1910 Sold for scrapping in May 1921.
HMS Basilisk 9th February 1910 Sold for scrapping in November 1921.
HMS Harpy 27th November 1909 Sold for scrapping in November 1921.
Acorn Class Destroyers                               View Information
HMS Acorn 1st July 1910 Sold for scrapping in November 1921.
HMS Alarm 29th August 1910