Tribal Class Flotilla Destroyers
 
Name Pennant Builder Launched Fate
Afridi * F07 Vickers Armstrong 8 June 1937 Sunk by German planes, May 1940
Cossack * F03 Vickers Armstrong 8 June 1937 Torpedoed by U-563, Oct. 1941
Gurkha F20 Fairfield 7 July 1937 Sunk by German planes, April 1940
Maori F24 Fairfield 2 Sept. 1937 Scuttled off Malta, Feb. 1942
Mohawk F31 Thornycroft 5 Oct. 1937 Torpedoed by Italian Tarigo, April 1941
Nubian F36 Thornycroft 21 Dec. 1937 Scrapped, June 1949
Zulu F18 Stephen 23 Sept. 1937 Lost Sept. 1942 & Used to repair Nubian
Ashanti F51 Denny 5 Nov. 1937 Scrapped April 1949
Bedouin F67 Denny 21 Dec. 1937 Torpedoed by Italian planes June 1942
Eskimo F75 Vickers Armstrong 3 Sept. 1937 Scrapped June 1949
Mashona F59 Vickers Armstrong 3 Sept. 1937 Bombed by German planes May 1941
Matabele F26 Scotts 6 Oct. 1937 Torpedoed Jan. 1942
Punjabi F21 Scotts 18 Dec. 1937 Sunk in collision with Battleship King George V, May 1942
Sikh F82 Stephen 17 Dec. 1937 Sunk by shore batteries at Tobruk, Sept. 1942
Somali * F33 Swan Hunter 24 Aug. 1937 Torpedoed Sept. 1942
Tartar * F43 Swan Hunter 21 Oct. 1937 Scrapped Feb. 1948
 
1:600 Tribal as originally completed. Their layout remained unique in the Royal Navy, and for such large vessels, they were very deficient in AA defence © Andrew Arthur.
1:600 HMS Zulu, in a Mediterannean camouflage scheme.© Andrew Arthur. Extra 20mm AA have been added, replacing the 0.5" MG's and more. Also, "X" gun has been replaced by atwin 4" AA gun to improve long tange defence.

* - Flotilla Leader

These large and powerful destroyers ( termed flotilla destroyers, or 'destroyer destroyers' they were for countering enemy flotillas head on in a gun battle ) were put in hand in response to the laying down by world navies of large, powerful destroyers with 5" guns; 16 German Type 1934, 10 Japanese Arashios and 5 American Somers.
Tonnage was limied to 1850 tons by treaty, and it was planned to fit 10 4.7" guns in 5 twin turrets. It was then accepted that "Q" turret could be replaced by a 1/2 multiple pom-pom(s). The main armament was also the first properly controlled DP 4.7" armament in a British destroyer, the 4" AA being the largest HA gun available before that.
They had a sharply raked but straight stem, and a thin after funnel - the last twin stackers built for the RN until the Weapons and Battles later on.

Dimensions
Full Displacement 2520 tons Length 377.5'
Empty Displacement 1960 tons Beam 36.5'
Load 460 tons Draft 9.0'

 

Performance & Propulsion
Machinery 4 x Admirality 3 drum boilers, 2 x Parsons Steam Turbines @ 44000 hp
Speed 36 kts

 

Armament & Complement
Complement 190 Officers & Ratings, Flotilla Leaders 211
Armament
Earlier
  • Gun
    • 4 x 2 x 4.7" DP
    • 1 x 4 x 2pdr pom-pom AA
    • 2 x 4 x 0.5" MG AA
  • Torpedoes
    • 1 x 4 x 21" tubes
  • ASW
    • 2 x DC Racks for 20 DC's
Armament
Later
  • Gun
    • 4 x 2 x 4.7" DP
    • 1 x 4 x 2pdr pom-pom AA
    • 2 x 1 x 2pdr pom-pom AA or;
    • 2 x 1 x 20mm Oerlikon AA and a further,
    • 2 x 2 x 20mm Oerlikon AA
    • 2 x 1 x 20mm Oerlikon AA
  • Torpedoes
    • 1 x 4 x 21" tubes
  • ASW
    • 2 x DC Racks for 20 DC's
   
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