Seven individual service histories introduce a much larger destroyer programme. The M-class grouping is given as 85 vessels, or 103 under a broader interpretation. Names beginning with M, N, O and P appear within that grouping. These alternative totals depend on how the family is defined, so a single small batch gives a misleading impression of its scale.
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The scale of M-class destroyer construction
The M-class family shows how British destroyer construction could expand far beyond a batch of twelve ships.