As of 2026-04-30, ORP Grom tops the list with 20.32.
- #1 ORP Grom — 20.32
1936 Grom-class destroyer
ORP Grom was the lead ship of her class of destroyers serving in the Polish Navy during World War II. She was named after the Polish word for Thunder or Thunderbolt, while her sister ship ORP Błyskawica translates to lightning bolt. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #2 ORP Błyskawica — 20.32
1936 Grom-class destroyer
ORP Błyskawica is a Grom-class destroyer which served in the Polish Navy during World War II. She is the only Polish Navy ship to have been decorated with the Virtuti Militari, Poland's highest military order for gallantry, and in 2012 was given the Pro Memoria Medal. Błyskawica is preserved as a museum ship in Gdynia and is the oldest preserved destroyer in the world. Błyskawica is moored next to the Dar Pomorza. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #3 Mogador — 20.06
1937 Mogador-class destroyer
source Wikidata - #4 Japanese destroyer Shimakaze — 20.06
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Shimakaze was an experimental destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, and intended as the lead ship in a projected new "Type C" of destroyers. She was the only destroyer to be armed with 15 torpedo tubes, each capable of firing the 610 mm (24 in) Type 93 "Long Lance" torpedo. The ship also served as a testbed for a powerful, high-temperature, high-pressure steam turbine that was able to develop 79,240 shp (59,090 kW). This made her one of the fastest destroyers in the... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #5 Alfredo Oriani — 20.06
1936 Oriani-class destroyer
Alfredo Oriani was the lead ship of her class of four destroyers built for the Regia Marina in the mid-1930s. Completed in 1937, she served in World War II. Alfredo Oriani took part of the battle of Matapan and the attack on Harpoon convoy. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #6 Ascari — 20.06
1938 Soldati-class destroyer
Ascari was one of nineteen Soldati-class destroyers built for the Regia Marina in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Completed in mid-1939, she was the last of the first batch of a dozen ships to enter service. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #7 Geniere — 20.06
1938 Soldati-class destroyer
Geniere was one of nineteen Soldati-class destroyers built for the Regia Marina in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Completed in 1938, she was one of the first of the first batch of a dozen ships to enter service. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #8 Lanciere — 20.06
1938 Soldati-class destroyer
Lanciere was one of nineteen Soldati-class destroyers built for the Regia Marina in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Completed in early 1939, she was one of the last of the first batch of a dozen ships to enter service. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #9 Japanese destroyer Akikaze — 20.06
1920 Minekaze-class destroyer
Akikaze was a Minekaze-class destroyer, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy immediately following the end of World War I. The Minekaze class of destroyers were considered advanced for their time; these ships served as first-line destroyers through the 1930s. The class was considered obsolete by the start of the Pacific War but served in a number of roles including minesweeper, aircraft rescue, and Kaiten-carriers. On March 18, 1943, Akikaze was the scene of a massacre of about 60 civilians on... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #10 Volta — 20.06
1936 Mogador-class destroyer
Volta was a Mogador-class destroyer of the French Navy. Named for the West African river, she was built before the outbreak of World War II and was the penultimate contre-torpilleur built by the French Navy. Along with her sister ship Mogador, Volta was designed in an effort to build a ship capable of out-fighting every other ship below her tonnage. Arguably the design was less than successful, as it possessed the armament of a light cruiser on the hull of a destroyer. The two ships of the... Read more on Wikipedia.
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