1. Tribal Warfare The 1935 Tribal Class Destroyer Design in Commonwealth Service Dr Ian Pfennigwerth

2. I gratefully acknowledge the support given to the preparation of this presentation by the grant under the Tenix HMAS Perth Award 2008-10, which has been honoured by the successor organisation, BAe Maritime Systems, and by the Visiting Fellowship offered me by the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, UNSW@ADFA.

3. HMS Eskimo Putting cracks in forward hull

4. HMCS Haida , Commanding Officer’s day cabin

6. HMAS Bataan 4.7-inch firing

8. IJN Fubuki Class destroyer

9. ‘ V leader’ Staff Requirement: Roles Patrol work, shadowing, screening, close support of destroyer flotillas and, in conjunction with cruisers, reconnaissance and escort duties. It is further required, though not as a primary function, that the V leader be able to contribute to the AA defence of the Fleet, convoys and harbours

10. HMS Matabele

12. HMS Afridi

14. Torpedo launch HMS Afridi

15. A totally unbiased opinion by a Tribal Commanding Officer Over and above the material facts shone out the appearance of the ship. Whichever way you looked at a Tribal class destroyer, she was not just handsome – she was beautiful. The balance between hull and superstructure and the proportions of her two funnels were perfect

16. Warramunga on commissioning

18. HMAS Bataan refuelling

19. Some AA Problems ‘ The system worked quite well provided the ship remained steady, the target aircraft flew straight and level, the guns did not have to fire at more than 40 º elevation, and that the attacks did not total more than five minutes, otherwise all the AA ammunition would have been used up’.

20. HMCS Haida forward 4-inch guns

21. Forward ammunition hoists, HMCS Haida

22. A Sailor’s View of the Hull Problem You don’t know what it was like, with the cold and the wet and all. Sometimes, every time you jumped out of your hammock you’d land in water up to your knees. You were cold and tired and wet and hungry and scared and sick. You were always being thrown about

23. Storm damage in HMCS Iroquois

24. HMCS Haida , forward seamen’s mess

26. Bataan AA weapons

28. HMCS Haida, Wardroom

29. Some Last-Minute Politicking I wish to urge before it is too late, the importance of retaining the Destroyer in the Royal Australian Navy. The Destroyer is by far the best type of craft wherein to instil the qualities of leadership and command in young Officers and Petty Officers, besides providing the best schooling in seamanship and weapon technique in young officers and men alike RACAS 16 June 1936

32. Arunta shore bombardment

34. Arunta on commissioning

37. CNS’ 1939 Statement to Parliament The ultimate objective which the Navy has set out for Canada is to build up to a naval force of eighteen destroyers, nine on each coast; eight anti-submarine vessels, four on each coast; eight motor torpedo boats, to be used on the east coast only. (These figures were wildly inaccurate compared with the eventual WW2 strength of the RCN, which briefly had over 90,000 men and women and was the third largest navy in the world.)

39. Two RCN Tribal hulls at Halifax Dockyard

42. HMS Somali sinking in the Arctic, September 1942 Tartar in company

44. HMS Bedouin sinking Mediterranean, June 1942

46. HMAS Arunta 4.7-inch guns crew in action

48. HMCS Haida

50. HMCS Micmac Launch September 1943

51. HMCS Athabaskan II Commissioned January 1948

53. HMS Tartar Post modernisation, 1944

55. HMAS Warramunga firing after 4.7-inch

57. Canadian GG Inspecting 3-inch/50 mount in RCN Tribal

58. HMCS Micmac pre-conversion

59. HMCS Nootka after ASW conversion

61. HMAS Bataan cuddled up to HMAS Vengeance

62. The Naval Battlefield in Korea 1950-53

63. HMCS Cayuga

65. HMCS Haida, Bridge view of action plot

66. Cold weather for Bataan in Korea

68. HMAS Warramunga post-modernisation

70. HMCS Haida Artificers’ Mess

72. HMS Nubian post-modernisation She gained no fewer than thirteen battle honours

73. Thank you for your attention I’d be happy to take any questions you may have