As of 2026-04-30, HMS Abdiel tops the list with 20.58.
- #1 HMS Abdiel — 20.58
1940 Abdiel-class minelayer
HMS Abdiel was an Abdiel-class minelayer that served with the Royal Navy during World War II. She served with the Mediterranean Fleet (1941), Eastern Fleet (1942), Home Fleet (1942–43), and the Mediterranean Fleet (1943). Abdiel was sunk by German mines in Italy's Taranto harbour in 1943. Although designed as a fast minelayer her speed and capacity made her suitable for employment as a fast transport. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #2 HMS Welshman — 20.45
1940 Abdiel-class minelayer
HMS Welshman was an Abdiel-class minelayer of the Royal Navy, launched in September 1941. During World War II she served with the Home Fleet carrying out minelaying operations, before being transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet in mid-1942 for the Malta Convoys. She also saw service during Operation Torch. The ship was torpedoed and sunk off Tobruk by the German submarine U-617 on 1 February 1943, with the loss of 157 lives. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #3 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 - #4 USS Hammann — 19.81
1939 Sims-class destroyer
USS Hammann (DD-412) was a World War II-era Sims-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy, named after Ensign Charles Hammann, a Medal of Honor recipient from World War I. Hammann was torpedoed and sunk during the Battle of Midway, while assisting the sinking aircraft carrier USS Yorktown. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #5 HMS Exmouth — 19.42
1934 E-class destroyer
HMS Exmouth was an E-class destroyer flotilla leader built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. Although assigned to the Home Fleet upon completion, the ship was attached to the Mediterranean Fleet in 1935–36 during the Abyssinia Crisis. During the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939 she spent considerable time in Spanish waters, enforcing the arms blockade imposed by Britain and France on both sides of the conflict. Exmouth was assigned to convoy escort and anti-submarine patrol duties in the... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #6 HMS Codrington — 19.39
1929 A-class destroyer
source Wikidata - #7 German destroyer ZH1 — 19.29
1939 Gerard Callenburgh-class destroyer
ZH1 was the lead ship of her class of four destroyers built for the Royal Netherlands Navy in the late 1930s. Originally named Gerard Callenburgh, the ship was scuttled while still incomplete by the Dutch during the German invasion of the Netherlands in May 1940, but she was salvaged by the Germans a few months later and commissioned in the Kriegsmarine in 1942 as ZH1. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #8 Japanese cruiser Mikuma — 19.03
1934 Mogami-class cruiser
Mikuma was a heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The second vessel in the four-ship Mogami class, she was laid down in 1931 and commissioned in 1935. During World War II she participated in the Battle of Sunda Strait in February 1942 and the Battle of Midway in June 1942, and was sunk the last day of the latter engagement, on 6 June. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #9 HMS Pakenham — 19.03
1941 O and P-class destroyer
HMS Pakenham (G06) was a P-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy built and operated during World War II. Commissioned in early 1942, she took part in the invasion of Madagascar, and several Malta Convoys, before being disabled in a battle with Italian torpedo boats in April 1943 and scuttled. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #10 HMS Porcupine — 19.03
1941 O and P-class destroyer
HMS Porcupine was a P-class destroyer built by Vickers-Armstrongs on the River Tyne. She was ordered on 20 October 1939, laid down on 26 December 1939 and launched on 10 June 1941. She was commissioned on 31 August 1942, but had a relatively short active career. She was torpedoed in 1942 but salvaged and not finally broken up until 1947. Read more on Wikipedia.
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