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The L70 'super-Tribal' as an early Daring

The postwar Daring class gives a rough picture of the powerful L70 destroyer concept that might have followed the Tribals immediately.

Daring Class Destroyers (1949)Destroyer DesignL Class DestroyersTribal Class Destroyers (1936)Warship Procurement
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Question

What would the proposed L70 'super-Tribal' destroyer have resembled?

Short answer

Something much like a Daring-class destroyer, but potentially entering service around 1939 to 1941 rather than in the 1950s.

Notes

The proposed L70 was a 'super-Tribal' rather than a routine continuation of treaty destroyers. A 1950s Daring gives a rough picture of its likely scale, power, and appearance. The striking difference is chronology: an L70 successor could have entered service around 1939 to 1941, directly after the first Tribals. Prewar British design work therefore came close to fielding a Daring-like gun destroyer a decade early.