Ships
| Pennant number |
Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C class | ||||||
| D18 (changed in 1940 to I18) | Kempenfelt | J. Samuel White, Cowes | 18 October 1930 | 29 October 1931 | 30 May 1932 | To Canada as HMCS Assiniboine 1939, wrecked on Prince Edward Island, 10 November 1945, scrapped 1952 |
| H00 | Comet | HM Dockyard, Portsmouth | 12 September 1930 | 30 September 1931 | 2 June 1932 | To Canada as HMCS Restigouche 1938, scrapped 1946 |
| H60 | Crusader | HM Dockyard, Portsmouth | 12 September 1930 | 30 September 1931 | 2 May 1932 | To Canada as HMCS Ottawa 1938, torpedoed by German submarine U-91, 13 September 1942 |
| H83 | Cygnet | Vickers Armstrongs, Barrow | 1 December 1930 | 29 September 1931 | 15 April 1932 | To Canada as HMCS St. Laurent 1937, scrapped 1947 |
| H48 | Crescent | Vickers Armstrongs, Barrow | 1 December 1930 | 29 September 1931 | 1 April 1934 | To Canada as HMCS Fraser 1937, sunk in collision with HMS Calcutta in Gironde estuary, 25 June 1940 |
| D class | ||||||
| D99 (changed in 1940 to I99) | Duncan | HM Dockyard, Portsmouth | 25 September 1931 | 7 July 1932 | 31 March 1933 | Scrapped 1945–49 |
| H53 | Dainty | Fairfield, Govan | 20 April 1931 | 3 May 1932 | 22 December 1932 | Bombed and sunk off Tobruk, 24 February 1941 |
| H16 | Daring | Thornycroft, Woolston | 18 June 1931 | 7 April 1932 | 25 November 1932 | Torpedoed by U-23, 18 February 1940 |
| H75 | Decoy | Thornycroft | 25 June 1931 | 7 June 1932 | 17 January 1933 | To Canada as HMCS Kootenay 1943, sold for scrapping 1946 |
| H07 | Defender | Vickers Armstrongs | 22 June 1931 | 7 April 1932 | 31 October 1932 | Bombed and sunk, 11 July 1941 |
| H38 | Delight | Fairfield | 22 April 1931 | 2 June 1932 | 31 January 1933 | Bombed and sunk, 29 July 1940 |
| H22 | Diamond | Vickers Armstrongs | 29 September 1931 | 8 April 1932 | 3 November 1932 | Bombed and sunk, 27 April 1941 |
| H49 | Diana | Palmers, Jarrow | 12 June 1931 | 16 June 1932 | 21 December 1932 | To Canada as HMCS Margaree 1940, sunk in collision with MV Port Fairy, 22 October 1940 |
| H64 | Duchess | Palmers | 12 June 1931 | 19 July 1932 | 27 January 1933 | Sunk in collision with HMS Barham, 12 December 1939 |
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