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The ships protected convoys and hunted U-boats in the battle of the Atlantic, the Norway Campaign and the Mediterranean. Twelve out of the sixteen Royal Navy Tribals were sunk, and one of the Canadian Tribals.

The Tribals are considered beautiful ships and are remembered with great affection to this day. They are named after ethnic groups and many share names with an earlier Tribal class of destroyers that served in World War I.

1 General characteristics

The exact specifications of the ships varied depending on when and where they were built. Some details, like the armament, changed during the course of the war. These specifications are for the original design.

• Displacement: 1959 tons (2519 full complement)
• Length: 377 feet
• Armament:
  • 8 x 4.7 guns (four 2-gun turrets)
  • 4 x 2pdr
  • 8 x 0.5 inch machine guns (4 double mounts)
  • 4 x 21 inch torpedoA modern torpedo is a self-propelled guided projectile that operates underwater and is designed to detonate on contact or in proximity to a target. Torpedoes are weapons that may be launched from submarines, surface ships, helicopters and fixed-wing aircr tubes
  • depth chargeThe depth charge is the oldest anti- submarine weapon. A concept of a "dropping mine" was first discussed in 1911, and the idea was developed into practicality when the Royal Navy's Commander in Chief, Sir George Callaghan, requested its production in 191 throwers (30 charges)
• Speed: 36 knots
• Power: 44,000 shp Pearson geared turbine engines
• Complement: 190

2 Ships

2.1 Royal Navy

• AfridiThe second HMS Afridi (L-07/F-07) was a Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by the High Walker Yard of Vickers Armstrong at Newcastle-on-Tyne on 9 June 1936, launched on 8 June 1937 by Lady Foster and commissioned on 3 May 1938. Afridi serv (lost 3 May 1940Events January-February January 5 FM radio is demonstrated to the FCC for the first time. January 6 World War II: Mass execution of Poles, committed by Germans in the Poznan, Warthegau. January 12 World War II: Russia bombs cities in Finland. February 2 F
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• CossackHMS Cossack (L-03/F-03/G-03) was a Tribal-class destroyer which became famous for the boarding of the German supply ship Altmark in Norwegian waters, and the associated rescue of sailors originally captured by the Admiral Graf Spee''. Cossack was laid dow (lost 24 October 1941)
• Eskimo
• Gurkha (lost 9 April 1940)
• Maori (lost 12 February 1942)
• Mashona (lost 28 May 1941)
• Matabele (lost 17 January 1942)
• Mohawk (lost 16 April 1941)
• Nubian
• Punjabi (lost 1 May 1942)
• Sikh (lost 14 September 1942)
• Somali (lost 20 September 1942)
• Tartar
• Zulu (lost 14 September 1942)