Three quarters of the Royal Navy's Tribals were sunk in action, and the survivors endured serious damage while remaining in frontline service across six years of war. Their performance had already prompted work on a follow-on design. Wartime experience, especially the growing air threat, forced that design toward new weapons and sensors and produced the Battle class. Further development led to the gun-armed Daring class, whose names and battle honours passed to the Type 45 destroyers.
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From Tribal combat losses to the Battle and Daring classes
Wartime attrition and growing air threats help explain the transition from the Tribals to the Battle and Daring classes.