Destroyers
Destroyers are small, agile warships designed for high-speed operations, primarily torpedo attacks and screening larger vessels. In World of Warships, destroyers excel at reconnaissance, capturing objectives, and launching devastating torpedo salvos against unsuspecting enemies. Their speed and stealth make them effective, but their light armor requires careful positioning.
Dalarna
According to the plans for the development of the Swedish Navy, the main tactical unit was to be...
Joshua Humphreys
While designing the Allen M. Sumner-class and Gearing-class destroyers, options for equipping...
Kunming
A fast and well-armed destroyer, she is essentially an enlarged variant of the U.S. Somers-class...
Yamagiri
The initial project of the Shimakaze-class destroyers involved the use of sextuple- or...
Z-57
A large destroyer featuring powerful artillery, Type 1945 was one of the final unreleased...
Zorkiy
After the end of World War II, the navy's leadership attempted to resume the development of an...
AL Shimakaze
The only destroyer of her class in service to the Sakura Empire. Not only does she have high...
Alberico da Barbiano
One of the Alberto di Giussano-class cruisers, planned to be converted into fast anti-aircraft...
Attilio Regolo
The Capitani Romani class was designed as a response to the French Mogador class destroyers. The...
Cassard
Cassard was a T-47-class destroyer in the first series of French destroyers built after the war....
Daring
The last, the largest, and the most advanced torpedo-carrying destroyers of the U.K. Navy,...
Delny
The Soviet Union planned to build a leader series to Project 20I (also known as Tashkent)....
Druid
After giving the green light to the construction of Daring-class ships, the Admiralty soon came...
Elbing
Type 1938 served as the basis for the scout cruiser project ("Spähkreuzer" in German). The ship...
Forrest Sherman
After the construction of the large and expensive Mitscher class of destroyers, the next series...
Gdańsk
Poland aimed to achieve naval superiority through quality rather than quantity, and they...
Gearing
The Fletcher-class destroyers didn't quite meet the requirements of the U.S. Navy: The ships'...
Georg Hoffmann
A large destroyer armed with 150 mm artillery, she is remarkably similar to light cruisers in...
Georg Hoffmann Golden
A large destroyer armed with 150 mm artillery, she is remarkably similar to light cruisers in...
Grozovoi
The operational requirements for a large ocean-going destroyer design that was intended to be a...
Halland
The construction of the second pair of Öland-class ships was canceled, and in 1951, destroyers...
Harugumo
A further development of Japanese destroyers aimed at enhancing their combat capabilities based...
Hayate
A hypothetical design for a Shimakaze-class destroyer armed with a 127 mm dual-purpose twin-gun...
Hull
A hypothetical variant for the complete rearmament of USS Hull, a Forrest Sherman-class...
Khabarovsk
In the second half of the 1930s, the Soviet government was contemplating building an armored...
Kléber
After the order was made for the two leaders of the Mogador class, the new ships of this type...
Kléber CLR
After the order was made for the two leaders of the Mogador class, the new ships of this type...
Kléber TE
A tournament edition clone of a ship for the purpose of testing new mechanics and ship contents...
La Pampa
A Battle-class destroyer built in the 1940s according to a project that took into account the...
Lübeck
A project for a so-called "reconnaissance cruiser" and the culmination of efforts to create a...
Lüshun
From 1949 through 1956, a scientific and technical support program was in effect between the...
Marceau
In 1939, amid rising worldwide tensions, it was decided to continue building the leaders and...
Ragnar
The main tactical unit of the Swedish fleet was to be a squadron of several destroyers....
Shimakaze
An experimental fast "cruiser destroyer" boasting a heavy-duty power plant, reinforced AA...
Småland
Småland, the second Halland-class destroyer, was laid down in Gothenburg at the Eriksberg...
Somers
Somers-class lead destroyers were not equipped with a torpedo-reloading system, which made it...
Södermanland
The largest and most powerful destroyers in the Swedish Navy. Their main advantages are their...
Tromp
The year 1931 saw the start of design work on a lead destroyer for the Dutch Navy. It was...
Vampire II
After World War II, Australia started building four destroyers designed on the basis of the most...
Yueyang
USS Haynsworth, an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was laid down in the dockyards of the...
Z-42
Z-42 was ordered in July 1939 as a Type 1936B ship, and she was later reordered as a Type...
Z-52
In the early 1940s, the construction of destroyers running on diesel fuel began. Type 1942...
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[Grozovoi]
This ship is a copy of Grozovoi and is suitable for Clan Battles only
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[Shimakaze]
This ship is a copy of Shimakaze and is suitable for Clan Battles only
Álvaro de Bazán
During the Civil War, the Spanish Navy lost many ships; for this reason, as soon as the war...
Adriatico
Between 1934 and 1936, Italy developed a destroyer leader under a Soviet order. This led to the...
Benham
Benham-class ships repeated the design of their predecessors while featuring more powerful...
Black
USS Black, a Fletcher-class destroyer, was involved in patrol operations in the central part of...
Black B
USS Black, a Fletcher-class destroyer, was involved in patrol operations in the central part of...
Chung Mu
Fletcher-class ship USS Erben was built at the shipyard of Bath Iron Works. She participated in...
Felix Schultz
The development of the ocean destroyer concept resulted in Project 1938. Of several options, the...
Fletcher
The outbreak of World War II led to the abolition of restrictions on the construction of new...
Frank Friday
A large, swift, and well-armed destroyer. With the onset of World War II, naval armament...
Friesland
Despite the heavy losses sustained by the Dutch Navy during World War II and colonial revolts in...
Groningen
The second Friesland-class destroyer was laid down at the Amsterdam shipyard in February 1952...
Halford
USS Halford, a Fletcher-class destroyer, received a catapult for a float plane in place of her...
Johnston
A Fletcher-class destroyer—one of the most extensively produced destroyers in the U.S. Navy....
Jutland
The Battle-class ships evolved as a result of reflections on the experience of using destroyers...
Jäger
In 1917, Austria-Hungary began working on a project to build a destroyer leader. A total of...
Kitakaze
After experimental destroyer Shimakaze was laid down in 1941, notable for her speed and...
Lambros Katsonis
In the late 1920s, there was a dispute among the leaders of the Greek Navy about whether to...
Minegumo
An Asashio-class destroyer. Ten ships in this series were built between 1935 and 1939, following...
Mogador
The new destroyers were supposed to accompany the Dunkerque-class battlecruisers and oppose the...
Nanning
A hypothetical design of a large destroyer built in Japan during World War II. After the end of...
Neustrashimy
Adopted in 1945, a 10-year military shipbuilding program envisaged building 226 "standard"...
Orage
A variant of the first post-war destroyer project of the French Navy with new dual-purpose...
Paolo Emilio
After the beginning of naval cooperation between Italy and the U.S.S.R., the Ansaldo company...
STAR Kitakaze
A ship captured by a space crystal. Created by a celestial body to communicate with humans,...
Somme
The Battle-class destroyers, featuring enhanced AA defenses, were designed drawing on lessons...
Tashkent
In the early 1930s, the Soviet Navy's authorities placed an order for a destroyer leader to be...
Udaloi
The Soviet Navy development program involved building large destroyers with ocean-going...
Velos
USS Charrette, a Fletcher-class destroyer, was built in Boston. The ship fought in the Pacific,...
Yūgumo
The improved Kagerō class was built under the fleet expansion programs of 1939 and 1941. It...
Z-44
A Type 1936B destroyer Z-44 was laid down in 1942. Construction progressed slowly since the...
Z-46
The Type 1936C ships were derived from the hull of a Type 1936A destroyer but featured upgraded...
ZF-6
After conquering France in 1940, the German Navy captured a small number of unfinished French...
ZF-6 Golden
After conquering France in 1940, the German Navy captured a small number of unfinished French...
Östergötland
Built between 1951 and 1956, the Halland-class destroyers proved to be too large and expensive....
AL Yukikaze
Famously known as the "Fortune Ship" for her achievements in the Great War. She's arrogant and...
Akizuki
Akizuki-class destroyers were designed as air defense ships to escort swift carrier formations....
Asashio
The design of the Asashio-class destroyers underwent substantial changes compared to the...
Asashio B
The design of the Asashio-class destroyers underwent substantial changes compared to the...
Benson
The new destroyers were planned as an improved Sims class with an échelon arrangement of the...
Błyskawica '44
A large destroyer with powerful armament, built at the British shipyard in Cowes, ORP Błyskawica...
Cossack
The Tribal class was originally conceived as a series of destroyers with greater emphasis on...
Cossack B
The Tribal class was originally conceived as a series of destroyers with greater emphasis on...
Eskimo
HMS Eskimo, a Tribal-class destroyer, was commissioned in 1938. Her service in World War II was...
Fenyang
Yoizuki, an Akizuki-class destroyer, was built at the Uraga Docks. She participated in the war...
Gustav-Julius Maerker
The Type 1937 destroyer was designed as a ship with a large action range. These ships were meant...
HSF Harekaze
Kagerō-class training ship of the Yokosuka Girls' Marine High School. She is operated by the...
HSF Harekaze II
Kagerō-class nautical training ship that was initially going to be named Okikaze. She is part of...
Hsienyang
The Gleaves-class USS Rodman was laid down at the shipyards of the Federal Shipbuilding Company...
Kagerō
Japan avoided the limitations on ship tonnage by declining to sign the Second London Naval...
Kidd
A Fletcher-class destroyer, USS Kidd sailed across New York Harbor on her maiden voyage with the...
Kiev
The performance specifications for a Project 48 leader, derived from Project 1 and Project 38,...
L'Aventurier
This destroyer is essentially an enlarged version of Le Hardi, featuring upgraded anti-aircraft...
Le Fantasque
Leaders of the Le Fantasque class were developed to counter the Italian scout cruisers—they...
Le Terrible
Le Terrible, a Le Fantasque-class destroyer, escorted convoys and scouted for German raiders in...
Lightning
In comparison with her predecessors, the L-class ships turned out to be almost 200 tons heavier....
Loyang
USS Benson, the lead ship of her class, was built at the Fore River Shipyard. In 1940 and 1941,...
Loyang B
A destroyer specifically built for the U.S. Navy, boasting powerful AA guns and a high speed....
Ognevoi
In 1937, the Committee for Defense authorized the commencement of design work for a new...
Orkan
M-class destroyer HMS Myrmidon was laid down at the Fairfield shipyard in Scotland in...
Provorny
One of the Type 1936A destroyers—unusual ships equipped with "cruiser-like" main battery guns....
Ship Smasha
Orks do not navigate the Warp. They need no Astronomican like pesky Umiez. Gork and Mork guide...
Siliwangi
Volevoy, a Project 30-bis destroyer, was built at Plant No. 199—named after Lenin Komsomol, in...
Split
In the 1930s, by order of the Yugoslav Navy, French specialists designed a large destroyer based...
Vittorio Cuniberti
After the Maestrale-class destroyers entered service, the development of an improved design...
Z-23
The Type 1934 ships were followed by an improved Type 1936. The 1936A modification featured an...
Z-35
In the summer of 1939, 12 Type 1936B destroyers were ordered. However, with the outbreak of...
Zhu Que
Zhu Que (the Vermilion Bird) is one of the Four Symbols in ancient Chinese mythology. It...
Öland
When choosing the best design for a new destroyer, Swedish experts studied foreign ships. They...
Akatsuki
The third batch of "special type" destroyers featured a slightly shorter hull and reduced...
Błyskawica
According to the plans for Operation Peking, ORP Błyskawica and her sister ship ORP Grom broke...
FR25
On November 27, 1942, an order was given to sink the remaining ships in Toulon to prevent them...
Gadjah Mada
The N-class destroyer HMS Nonpareil was laid down at Dumbarton in May 1940, commissioned in...
Grom
Grom and Błyskawica entered service in 1937, becoming the strongest European destroyers of their...
Haida
With the outbreak of World War II, Canada started planning to enhance its fleet. The decision...
Huron
The third of eight Canadian Tribal-class destroyers, HMCS Huron, named after one of the North...
Jervis
In the mid-1930s, the British Navy needed destroyers that could rival foreign ships of the same...
Jupiter '42
A J-class ship, distinct from the earlier generation of "standard" destroyers, featuring a novel...
Leberecht Maass
In the competition for a new destroyer in 1934, the design submitted by Deutsche Werke...
Leningrad
In 1930, the Soviet government reinstated funding for building ocean-going ships and intended to...
Le Hardi
Le Hardi-class destroyers were designed for joint operations with the new Dunkerque-class...
Luca Tarigo
The Navigatori-class destroyer leaders were ordered in 1926 as a response to the French Jaguar...
Mahan
The design of the new destroyer was supposed to increase the number of torpedo launchers to...
Minsk
While the Project 1 (Leningrad-class) leaders were being built, many adjustments were made to...
Shiratsuyu
The Shiratsuyu-class destroyers were an upgraded version of the Hatsuharu class. They featured a...
Sims
The new destroyer design was similar to the Mahan class, but she was larger than her...
Sims B
The new destroyer design was similar to the Mahan class, but she was larger than her...
Skåne
Concurrently with the construction of the Visby-class destroyers, Swedish shipbuilders planned...
Stord '43
Eight S-class destroyers, ordered by the British Admiralty under the War Emergency Program,...
Tashkent '39
Destroyer flotilla leader Tashkent was designed and built at the Odero-Terni-Orlando shipyard...
Vauquelin
For the first time in the French Navy, welding was widely used in the construction of the...
Yūdachi
Yūdachi, a Shiratsuyu-class destroyer, was laid down in October 1934 and entered service in...
Z-31
In 1940 and 1941, several Type 1936B destroyers were laid down again. The new Type 1936A(Mob)...
Z-39
Type 1936A destroyer Z-39 entered service in 1943, but due to construction faults, she was not...
Aigle
The second series of "four-stack" ships differed little from their predecessors—ships of the...
Anshan
Rekordny, a Project 7 destroyer, was laid down in September 1936 in the city of Mykolaiv. Later,...
Aviere
The Soldati class was the most numerous class of Italian destroyers. During construction, they...
Duchaffault
One of the Soldati-class destroyers built in Italy in the 1930s and 40s, formerly known as...
Ernst Gaede
In 1933, the construction of flotilla destroyers began, and it was planned for them to surpass...
Farragut
After the signing of the London Naval Treaty, development began on a new ship class. It was...
Fubuki
The Washington Naval Treaty restricted the tonnage of battleships and aircraft carriers, leaving...
Fushun
Project 7 destroyer Rezkij was initially laid down at Plant No. 198 in Mykolaiv, then sent by...
Gallant
During the Spanish Civil War, HMS Gallant—a G-class destroyer—spent considerable time in Spanish...
Gnevny
In the summer of 1932, a Soviet Navy delegation visited Italy to see the latest Maestrale-class...
Guépard
The Guépard leader series received a number of improvements over Jaguar. The main battery...
Hatsuharu
A streamlined version of the Fubuki-class destroyer that maintains combat effectiveness...
Icarus
Class I destroyers differed from their predecessors in having quintuple-tube torpedo launchers...
Juruá
In 1939, Brazil ordered from Great Britain a series of six modern H-class destroyers with...
Karl von Schönberg
A large destroyer design developed by the shipbuilding company Vulcan in 1933 to be used as the...
Leone
The Leone class was based on the improved design of the Mirabello class. In particular, the new...
Monaghan
USS Monaghan, a Farragut-class destroyer, was the duty ship during the raid on Pearl Harbor, and...
Shinonome
Shinonome, a Fubuki-class destroyer, was laid down in August 1926 and assigned to Destroyer...
Shinonome B
Shinonome, a Fubuki-class destroyer, was laid down in August 1926 and assigned to Destroyer...
Stord
With the outbreak of World War II, Great Britain started the mass construction of destroyers in...
T-61
Having captured the Netherlands, Germany took over the Dutch shipbuilding facilities. A series...
Västerås
In 1933 and 1934, the Polish Navy, planning to build a series of new destroyers, held a...
Acasta
The design of the A-class ships was intended to be a direct response to the experience...
Fūjin
A second group of 9 Minekaze-class destroyers, also known as the Kamikaze class, was built...
Gremyashchy
Gremyashchy, a Project 7 destroyer, was laid down at Shipyard No. 190 in Leningrad in July 1936....
Hill
One of the ship designs meant to combine the features of both a destroyer and a cruiser was the...
Jaguar
A further development of one of the designs presented after the end of World War I. The...
Jianwei
The navy development program adopted by the new government of China in the late 1920s, among...
Kalmar
A Visby-class destroyer built to reinforce the Swedish Navy during World War II. Commissioned in...
Kamikaze
A second group of 9 Minekaze-class destroyers, also known as the Kamikaze class, was built...
Kamikaze R
A second group of 9 Minekaze-class destroyers, also known as the Kamikaze class, was built...
L'Adroit
One of the fourteen French destroyers of the 1920s was the successor of the Bourrasque class....
Maestrale
The Maestrale class developed from the previous series of destroyers. The hull was enlarged,...
Minekaze
The "large" destroyers were conceived to escort Amagi-class battlecruisers. They featured an...
Muavenet
In 1938, Turkey ordered four ships of the latest I-class from Great Britain. Two of them,...
Mutsuki
The "enhanced Kamikaze"-class destroyers were the last Japanese destroyers to have a torpedo...
Nicholas
The construction of a large number of destroyers in the absence of cruisers raised a discussion...
Okhotnik
The Naval General Staff designed the Novik-class destroyers for use in tandem with...
Podvoisky
In 1928, a design of a 40-knot destroyer for the Black Sea Fleet was developed. General...
Siroco
Siroco, a Bourrasque-class destroyer, was assigned to the 5th Destroyer Division of the 1st...
T-22
In the 1920s, several series of destroyers were built for the Reichsmarine. The first of them...
Visby
As part of efforts to strengthen the Navy, in 1941, four ships of the Visby class—an improved...
Bourrasque
The destroyer project that was proposed after the end of World War I was not sufficiently armed...
Clemson
The Clemson class differed from its predecessor by its increased range and improved...
DD 214
Long thought to be a myth among American servicemembers, DD 214 prowls the seas, promising...
Isokaze
The four Isokaze-class ships built in 1916 and 1917 had the same general hull design as the...
Izyaslav
In the run-up to World War I, international tensions motivated the adoption of an intense...
Klas Horn
Planning to strengthen its fleet, the Swedish government began negotiations with the United...
Shenyang
Namikaze, a Minekaze-class destroyer, was built at the Maizuru Naval Arsenal shipyards. She was...
Turbine
The Turbine-class destroyers were a further development of the previous Sauro class—more...
V-170
To replenish the destroyer fleet and make up for their losses, construction of the 1916...
Wakeful
Unlike the V-class ships, the W-class ships received triple-tube torpedo launchers and new main...
Campbeltown
USS Buchanan, a Wickes-class destroyer, was handed over to the Royal Navy in 1940. Following...
Derzki
A competition was announced in 1911 to design a 34-knot destroyer for the Black Sea Fleet. The...
Fusilier
The search for the optimal configuration for a new destroyer began with the construction of the...
G-101
In 1910 and 1912, Argentina ordered several modern destroyers, some of which were built at the...
Nazario Sauro
Destroyers of the Sauro class differed from the previous Sella class by having an improved...
Phra Ruang
The R-class destroyer HMS Radiant was built at the Thornycroft shipyards, launched in...
Romulus
Many participants of the Washington and London Naval Treaties tried to find loopholes in the...
Valkyrie
The V-class leaders actually determined the arrangement of the classic destroyer of the first...
Vampire
V-class destroyer flotilla leaders were initially supposed to carry armaments that differed from...
Wakatake
The last class of Japanese "small" destroyers comprised eight Wakatake-class ships built between...
Wickes
During World War I, the first destroyers of an improved design—flush-deck ships with greater...
Curtatone
The destroyers based on the improved design of the Palestro class were ordered back in 1915, but...
Enseigne Gabolde
Enseigne Gabolde, the third ship of the Enseigne Roux class, had a different propulsion unit—it...
Longjiang
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Qing Empire was actively restoring its Navy, which had...
Medea
The M-class destroyers were modeled based on the L-class ships but featured improved speed...
Sampson
The U.S. Navy needed ships that could operate together with the ocean line fleet anywhere in the...
Smith
The Smith class was the first American destroyer to be equipped with steam turbines and was the...
Storozhevoi
In May 1915, the Technical Bureau at the Main Shipbuilding Department received an order to...
Tachibana
A "small" destroyer designed on the basis of the Umikaze class and equipped with vertical...
Tachibana Lima
A "small" destroyer designed on the basis of the Umikaze class and equipped with vertical...
Tátra
By the end of the first decade of the 20th century, the destroyers that were in active service...
Umikaze
The lessons from the Russo-Japanese War revealed that 300-ton destroyers were not suitable for...
V-25
A series of six 985-ton destroyers was ordered by China from Germany in 1913. With the outbreak...