HMS Nubian reached the Eastern Fleet ahead of schedule

HMS Nubian's late-war deployment provides an example of Tribal-class urgency. An Eastern Fleet commander expected the destroyer about a month later and asked how she had arrived so quickly. The answer was that Nubian had come through the Mediterranean because her crew thought they might be needed. Presented as a remembered exchange, the anecdote shows how aggressive service culture could extend from combat behaviour to rapid inter-theatre movement.