The T class as an ambush predator

The design answered the Royal Navy's need for ships that could serve across several theaters rather than only one region. The T class was an ambush predator built to create a high probability of a hit by firing a very large spread of torpedoes. Its logic echoed John Jellicoe's turn away from a massed torpedo threat at Jutland: enough weapons in the water made some hits likely, so maneuvering away and then re-engaging was safer than accepting the attack. In a Far Eastern scenario, boats could wait in constrained approaches, strike an advancing capital ship or carrier, and delay an attack on Singapore. They could instead attack the fuel auxiliaries whose loss might stop the entire fleet, making logistics as important a target as the warships themselves. The same mission logic could be transferred to other narrow waters because the design emphasized a role without tying the boat to one theater.