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Haida preserves the destroyer-leader idea

A museum-ship question uses HMCS Haida and HMS Caroline to explain how older cruiser and super-destroyer designs overlap with the destroyer-leader category.

Question

Are any destroyer leaders preserved as museum ships?

Short answer

HMCS Haida qualifies through the Tribal class's super-destroyer role, while HMS Caroline illustrates the adjacent light-cruiser lineage.

Notes

HMCS Haida is a surviving example because the Tribal class functioned as super-destroyers and can be understood as destroyer leaders. HMS Caroline, a preserved C-class light cruiser in Northern Ireland, lies near the category's historical boundary. These examples treat destroyer leader as a role and lineage rather than a perfectly stable label.