At the time Diana was considered a large destroyer, being nearly as big as a pre-war light cruiser.

The large destroyers were the largest and fastest in the world at that time.

These ships were larger than the preceding Admiralen class destroyers.

They were the first large destroyers designed for open ocean service to be built in Japan.

Grom was thought of as a large destroyer, similar to flotilla leaders.

This resulted in larger and more powerful destroyers more capable of independent operation.

When commissioned the ships were the largest destroyers that had ever served in the Swedish navy.

This gun was only used on the large destroyers (contre-torpilleurs) of the Fantasque class.

These were mounted on the large destroyers (contre-torpilleurs) of the Mogador class.

In size they were almost as long as a cruiser, but laid out much like a large destroyer.