R class destroyer
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Two classes of destroyer of the Royal Navy are known as the R class:
- R class destroyer (1916)R class destroyer (1916)The first R class were a class of 62 destroyers built between 1916 and 1917 for the Royal Navy. They were an improvement, specifically in the area of fuel economy, of the earlier M-class destroyers...
, sixty-two ships, launched in 1916 and 1917, that served in World War I - Eight ships of the Q and R classQ and R class destroyerThe Q and R class was a class of sixteen War Emergency Programme destroyers ordered for the British Royal Navy in 1940 as the 3rd and 4th Emergency Flotilla. They served as convoy escorts during World War II. Three Q class ships were transferred to the Royal Australian Navy upon completion, with...
, launched in 1942, that served in World War II