What is a Destroyer ? - the new United States Navy ZUMWALT Class Destroyer is something else again as the following table illustrates.   The modern DARING is a substantial vessel but when compared with the Cruiser BELFAST can be considered in scale and thus the term Destroyer appropriate, but the ZUMWALT class are a quite different proposition.   Viz:

                                   Displacement (Tons)       Length   x Breadth   x Draft (Feet)

                        SWIFT       (1910)            1,825              353.7’   x  34’5”  x  10’.5”

                        COSSACK   (1938)            1,890              364’8”  x  36’6”  x  13’

                        DARING    (2009)           8,000             500’     x  69’7”  x  24’3”       ”         

                        BELFAST    (1939)           11,550             613’6”   x  63.4”  x  19’9” (aft)

                        ZUMWALT (2015)           16,000             600’      x  80’7”  x  27’6”