destroyer

warship type designed for escort duties against smaller vessels
Intangible ship_type Q174736
destroyer
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destroyer

Summary

destroyer is a ship type[1]. destroyer ranks in the top 2% of ship_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,300 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • destroyer's instance of is recorded as ship type[3].
  • destroyer is a type of warship[4].
  • destroyer's Commons category is recorded as Destroyers[5].
  • destroyer's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Destroyers[6].
  • destroyer's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[7].
  • destroyer's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[8].
  • destroyer's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[9].
  • destroyer's described by source is recorded as Small Soviet Encyclopedia[10].
  • destroyer's topic has template is recorded as Q5988398[11].
  • destroyer's topic has template is recorded as Q14352803[12].
  • destroyer's topic has template is recorded as Template:Halland class destroyer[13].
  • destroyer's topic has template is recorded as Template:Douro-class destroyer[14].

Why It Matters

destroyer ranks in the top 2% of ship_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,300 views/month).[2] destroyer has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] destroyer is known by 70 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 29d ago · VGMaintenanceBot bot · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → destroyers-warships
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ [[Property:P9675]]: 6060, Add qualifier to Dreadnought Project page `Destroyer`"
  2. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0262325-torpedoborce
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0262325-torpedoborce, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  3. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 24646, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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