HMS Kempenfelt is introduced as a C-class British destroyer displacing 1,410 tons standard. A modern River-class offshore patrol vessel is larger, despite the enormous growth in destroyers since their origins. This comparison gives the treaty tonnage figures that follow a concrete scale. Her tower-like superstructure, likened to a Roman fort, also makes her easy to recognize.
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HMS Kempenfelt sets the destroyer scale
A 1,410-ton C-class destroyer looks strikingly small beside a modern River-class OPV, setting the scale for the treaty tonnage that follows.