The campaign's inspection of an early Tribal-class destroyer draws attention to its five 3-inch guns and two 18-inch torpedo tubes. The gun battery gives it useful firepower against torpedo boats. The design still treats its two torpedo tubes as the main armament. This contrast shows how a destroyer's offensive identity could rest on a small torpedo battery while more numerous guns handled close-range work.
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What the early Tribal-class armament was built to fight
An inspection of a First World War-era Tribal-class destroyer uses its five 3-inch guns and two 18-inch torpedo tubes to distinguish anti-torpedo-boat firepower from its principal striking weapon.