The imagined 1939 British fleet includes Henderson's L70 design, a proto-Daring successor to the Tribal class. It was designed from the outset for full radar integration instead of receiving radar within an older arrangement. Britain appears about a year ahead because the Royal Navy ordered a new destroyer class each year, while the United States built longer class runs before moving to its next design. The difference comes from procurement cadence and design timing rather than an absence of American radar technology.
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The L70 destroyer and early radar integration
The British dream-fleet scenario introduces Henderson's L70 concept and explains why annual destroyer design cycles could bring radar integration forward quickly.