Tribal-class destroyer (1936 design)

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Royal Navy destroyer class destroyer class

The Tribal-class destroyer (1936 design) was a class of large, heavily armed British destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the late 1930s, noted for their powerful gun armament and extensive service during the Second World War.

Aliases (2)

Tribal class ×1
Tribal-class destroyer ×1

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Navy destroyer class → destroyer class →
constructionStart	late 1930s →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom →
designedAs	large destroyer →
designedFor	Royal Navy →
designedPeriod	interwar period →
designedToCounter	large foreign destroyers →
era	World War II era →
hasShip	HMS Afridi → HMS Ashanti → HMS Bedouin → HMS Cossack → HMS Eskimo → HMS Gurkha (F63) → HMS Maori → HMS Mashona → HMS Matabele → HMS Nubian → HMS Punjabi → HMS Sikh → HMS Somali → HMS Tartar → HMS Zulu →
navalTheatre	Arctic Ocean → Atlantic Ocean → Mediterranean Sea → Pacific Ocean →
navyBranch	Royal Navy surface fleet →
notableFor	extensive wartime service → heavy anti-destroyer firepower → powerful gun armament →
operator	Royal Navy →
primaryArmamentType	naval guns →
role	escort vessel → fleet destroyer →
serviceEntry	late 1930s →
usedInConflict	Second World War →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
HMS Cossack → HMS Sikh ("Tribal class") →	class
HMS Maori ("Tribal-class destroyer") →	shipClass