Cape Bon revisits the prewar choice between a nominal 1,850-ton Tribal and a 2,500-to-3,000-ton light cruiser. British destroyers defeated Italian light cruisers in roughly the size range once considered as an alternative. The outcome makes the destroyer choice look attractive in retrospect. One battle cannot settle the design debate, so the comparison remains suggestive rather than conclusive.
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Cape Bon tested destroyers against the light-cruiser alternative
British destroyers defeated Italian light cruisers near the size once considered as an alternative to the Tribal design.