Editing L and M-class destroyer (section)

===L class===
The '''L class''' (also known as the '''''Laforey''s''') were approved under the 1937 Naval Estimates. Four of these ships (''Lance'', ''Lively'', ''Legion'' and ''Larne'') were built with {{convert|4|in|mm|adj=on|0}} armament. Six of the eight were war losses, with the surviving pair being broken up in 1948.

{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Construction data
|-
! scope="col"|Ship
! scope="col"|Builder
! scope="col"|[[Laid down]]
! scope="col"|[[Ceremonial ship launching|Launched]]
! scope="col"|[[Ship commissioning|Commissioned]]
! scope="col"|Fate
|-
! scope="row"|{{HMS|Laforey|G99|2}} ([[flotilla leader]])
| rowspan=2|[[Yarrow & Company]], [[Scotstoun]]
| 1 March 1939
| 15 February 1941
| 26 August 1941
| Sunk, 30 March 1944
|-
! scope="row"|{{HMS|Lance|G87|2}}
| 1 March 1939
| 28 November 1940
| 13 May 1941
| Sunk, 9 April 1942
|-
! scope="row"|{{HMS|Gurkha|G63|2}} (ex-''Larne'')
| rowspan=2|[[Cammell Laird & Company]], [[Birkenhead]]
| 18 October 1938
| 28 July 1940
| 18 February 1941
| Sunk, 17 January 1942
|-
! scope="row"|{{HMS|Lively|G40|2}}
| 20 December 1938
| 28 January 1941
| 20 July 1941
| Sunk, 11 May 1942
|-
! scope="row"|{{HMS|Legion|G74|2}}
| rowspan=2|[[Hawthorn Leslie & Company]], [[Hebburn]]
| 1 November 1938
| 26 December 1939
| 19 December 1940
| Sunk, 26 March 1942
|-
! scope="row"|{{HMS|Lightning|G55|2}}
| 15 November 1938
| 22 April 1940
| 28 May 1941
| Sunk, 12 March 1943
|-
! scope="row"|{{HMS|Lookout|G32|2}}
| rowspan=2|[[Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company]], [[Greenock]]
| 23 November 1938
| 4 November 1940
| 30 January 1942
| Broken up, 1948
|-
! scope="row"|{{HMS|Loyal|G15|2}}
| 23 November 1938
| 8 October 1941
| 31 October 1942
| Broken up, 1948
|}