The Tribal class became a research subject partly because of a gap in the literature. Several capable historians had already published recent books about the J and K classes. The Tribals had received less attention. Their relative neglect gave new research a clear purpose alongside the author's personal interest in the class.
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Why write a new history of the Tribal class?
Extensive recent work on J- and K-class destroyers made the relative neglect of the Tribal class a reason to study it more closely.