Which radar type did the Tribal destroyers carry during the Bismarck hunt?
Short answerType 286M is the main documented fit for the operation, but numerous secret or experimental variants prevent complete certainty.
NotesThe Tribals received radar soon after Norway, and their size made them useful test platforms. Type 286M appears most often in material about the Bismarck operation, but numerous variants were fitted and secrecy obscured the records. The identification is therefore cautious rather than a definitive fit list for every ship.