Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Q&A · 1:53:00-1:54:48

Would G3 carriers produce larger destroyers sooner?

Large carrier escorts might not create the Tribal class a decade early, but they could reshape treaty limits and favor bigger torpedo-armed destroyers.

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Question

Would building G3-derived carriers lead Britain to develop long-range destroyers like the Tribal class a decade earlier?

Short answer

Not necessarily Tribals, but it could encourage larger destroyers with twin four-inch guns and more torpedoes while changing the assumptions behind treaty limits.

Notes

A direct early copy of the Tribal class is unlikely. The destroyers entering service when London treaty limits were written would influence what those limits allowed. A larger design with twin four-inch guns and a heavier torpedo battery could emerge instead, resembling an early Battle- or Daring-class concept. Capital-ship choices can alter the treaty and design environment in which their escorts are developed.