What stands out aboard a Tribal-class destroyer?

After seeing one up close, what was the biggest surprise about a Tribal-class destroyer?

Its physical size and cruiser-like profile were far more striking in person than photographs or the modest displacement difference suggested.

A visit aboard HMCS Haida made the scale difference from HMS Cavalier immediately apparent. The few hundred tons separating their standard displacements did not convey the striking difference in physical size. Haida's hull proportions, profile, and visual mass read as cruiser-like despite the destroyer designation, especially when viewed along the wharf. Direct observation of preserved ships can sharpen understanding beyond specifications and photographs alone.