Talk:Tribal class destroyer (1936)

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Complement 190? Was that peace or war? Trekphiler 10:59, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Source of the "tribal" nickname

The article doesn't mention why this class of ship was commonly called Tribal when Afridi was its proper name. I assume the nickname came form the naming scheme used for ships of this class? Pimlottc 06:12, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

"Nick-name" implies that "Tribal" was an unofficial class name. I don't think this was true, I think it was official and it repeated that given to a class of destroyers in 1907. I've seen only one good source for Afridi class and that notes that "Tribal" became more usual, another suggests use of "Zulu" class. Either way, the ship names were those of indigenous tribes or ethnic groups in the Empire: Canadian ships used Indian tribal names, the Aussies used aboriginal names (apart from Bataan). RN class naming practice was flexible, some named after the lead ship (eg Fiji class cruisers, some with the shared initial letter (eg J class destroyers) and some with the name theme (eg, Tribal class destroyers and Town class cruisers). Folks at 137 13:44, 19 February 2007 (UTC)