The pictured destroyer is identified as HMS Nubian, whose wartime service spanned an unusually broad range of actions. A battleship with the same record would have displayed a list of individual battle honours rivaling or exceeding Warspite's. Destroyers instead received campaign credits in cases where a capital ship might be credited for named actions. Administrative naming conventions can therefore obscure how many separate fights an exceptionally active destroyer entered.
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How campaign credits obscure HMS Nubian's record
Different crediting conventions can make a destroyer's exceptionally broad combat record look less conspicuous than a capital ship's named battle honours.