Q&A ยท 31:48-33:21

Tribal names for the Type 31 frigates

A naming discussion links the Type 31 frigates to Tribal-class service history while acknowledging the Royal Navy's parallel city and county traditions.

Question

Which Tribal-class names would suit the Type 31 frigates?

Short answer

He suggests Eskimo, Cossack, Nubian, Ashanti, Gurkha, and Sikh, while noting that the class might instead follow a county naming scheme.

Notes

The suggested Tribal-class names for the Type 31 frigates are Eskimo, Cossack, Nubian, Ashanti, Gurkha, and Sikh. Each would carry the operational memory of earlier destroyers into a new class. A later answer notes that the Type 31 programme might instead revive county names because the Type 26 frigates already use city names. Royal Navy naming traditions compete and recur across generations of ships.