How many torpedoes a Tribal destroyer could carry

How many torpedoes did a Tribal-class destroyer carry?

Four sat in the launcher and roughly twelve reloads were nominally carried, but wartime destroyers could take additional torpedoes when available, so actual loads varied.

Each Tribal mounted a quadruple torpedo launcher, so four weapons were immediately ready to fire. A nominal allowance of roughly twelve reloads would imply about sixteen torpedoes, but destroyers often loaded additional weapons when they could obtain them. HMS Sikh had already fired twenty-eight torpedoes before trying to deter an Italian battleship in another action, evidence that paper allowances did not always capture wartime practice. Actual destroyer loads and expenditure therefore remain a logistical reconstruction rather than a fixed figure.