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Why HMS Tiger's gunnery reputation is misleading

Tiger's captain is described as rejecting the Battle Cruiser Force's prescribed gunnery methods.

Question

Why was HMS Tiger described as having decent gunnery?

Short answer

Her captain followed his own gunnery ideas instead of adopting the Battle Cruiser Force's prescribed methods.

Notes

Tiger's gunnery-minded captain listened to the Battle Cruiser Force's instruction but declined to impose it on his own ship. The explanation credits his independence from those prescribed methods for Tiger's shooting.