J-style hulls recur through the emergency destroyer programme. The larger Battle and Weapon hulls are compared on screen with the earlier L class. The suggested family resemblance connects wartime hull choices with design work already under way before the emergency orders. Assessing that resemblance in detail requires the hull images shown on screen.
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Reading the J and L lineage in later destroyer hulls
The hull images suggest how the J and L designs influenced later wartime destroyers.