The opening presents Tiger as an unusual British battlecruiser whose purpose included hunting enemy battlecruisers. That proposed role gives her secondary armament a purpose beyond destroyer defence. The Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts reconstruction is a visual thought experiment, with the game's limits kept visible throughout. It tests how the ship's design logic might work in a duel with a German contemporary.
Chapter · 0:20-1:13
HMS Tiger as a battlecruiser hunter
The opening argument is that HMS Tiger's unusual six-inch secondary battery made sense for a battlecruiser intended to pursue comparable German ships.