Guided-missile Destroyers
- County class — 8 ships (4 Batch I, 4 Batch II), 1961–1967
- Type 82 — 1 ship, 1969
- Type 42 — 14 ships (6 Sheffield, 4 Exeter, 4 Manchester), 1971–1983
- Type 45 — 6 ships, scheduled for commissioning 2009–2014
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