Choosing among Italian, French, Dutch, and Polish interwar destroyers

Which destroyer design from the interwar years or Second World War is a favourite, excluding British, Commonwealth, and American designs?

Dutch designs receive a strong preference and the Polish Grom class is another suggestion, while the discussion identifies armament, handling, and reconstruction tradeoffs in Italian and French ships.

The discussion produces several candidates without a unanimous winner. Navigatori-class ships carried six 4.7-inch guns in twin mounts, but weight corrections and reconstruction compromised their ability to keep up with the fleet; later Italian designs reduced the battery to four guns. French designs pursued high speed and large shells, with shell weight making rapid handling harder. Dutch designs receive a strong preference, although the answer spends more time explaining Italian and French shortcomings. A Grom-class choice depends partly on how national origin is defined: Polish requirements shaped ships built in Britain, and the shipbuilders also influenced the design.