The Tribal class marks a transition point in Royal Navy destroyer design. Destroyers conceived before the Tribals can be distinguished from those shaped after them, though the division is not a simple quality ranking. Changes in hull, armament, and role reveal how the navy's expectations for destroyers were shifting. The comparison shows how one class can expose a change in design thought even when neither side is automatically better.
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The Tribal class marks a transition in destroyer thinking
The Tribal class marks a transition between two phases of Royal Navy destroyer design, and the distinction describes changing ideas rather than ship quality.