Could sextuple torpedo launchers work, and how large would the destroyer need to be?
Short answerDesigns did consider six-tube mountings, and a destroyer of roughly 2,500 tons could carry two sextuple launchers.
NotesSextuple launchers were within interwar design practice. Two such mountings would fit on a destroyer of about 2,500 tons. The larger hull supplies the deck space and carrying capacity needed for twelve ready torpedoes without treating the weapon fit as a small-destroyer modification.