Around the time of the First World War, British destroyers were about 1000 tons. This left little space for the flagship's staff; they also lacked the necessary communication equipment.
As a result, they designed a new ship type larger than ordinary ships, with greater armament and the proper facilities for a flagship.
The aforementioned Swift was a prototype of this type.
Marksman-class flotilla leader
In commission between 1915 and 1936
Displacement: 1687 tons
Small!Awawa...
* A comparable destroyer of the same era
The First Umikaze
Exceeded 1000 tons, making it large for the timeLeader, dess!Roughly 2000 tons at full loadGottsuan desu.
Sumo jargon, meaning “thank you for the practice".However, after the Washington Naval Conference (1922 onward), the arrival of Japan's special-type Fubuki-class destroyers resulted in destroyers increasing in size across the board.
This development negated the need for one-off larger vessels, but Britain continued to enlarge armored sections in the stern of 1-2 ships per destroyer class to provide offices for flagship staff, resulting in destroyer leaders.It's not apparent in the standing pose in her CG, but...For the J-class, that was Jervis.Don't leave us out!Hoorah!
Ура!On the other hand, the Soviet Union, which was left out of the Washington and London Naval Conferences, continued its naval build-up program in the 1930s.Silence...The Soviet Union, observing the trend of larger destroyers among other countries, first built the six Leningrad-class destroyer leaders. The Russians then sought technical assistance from the Italians in building the Tashkent-class destroyer leaders.
The Soviet Union's First Destroyer Leaders
Leningrad-class
They placed an order with Italy's OTO Melara.
As pointed out in the artist's commentary, the company was actually OTO at the time. The rename happened in 1953.
Around the time of the First World War, British destroyers were about 1000 tons. This left little space for the flagship's staff; they also lacked the necessary communication equipment.
As a result, they designed a new ship type larger than ordinary ships, with greater armament and the proper facilities for a flagship.
The aforementioned Swift was a prototype of this type.
Marksman-class flotilla leader
In commission between 1915 and 1936
Displacement: 1687 tons
Small!
Awawa...
* A comparable destroyer of the same era
The First Umikaze
Exceeded 1000 tons, making it large for the time
Leader, dess!
Roughly 2000 tons at full load
Gottsuan desu.
Sumo jargon, meaning “thank you for the practice".
However, after the Washington Naval Conference (1922 onward), the arrival of Japan's special-type Fubuki-class destroyers resulted in destroyers increasing in size across the board.
This development negated the need for one-off larger vessels, but Britain continued to enlarge armored sections in the stern of 1-2 ships per destroyer class to provide offices for flagship staff, resulting in destroyer leaders.
It's not apparent in the standing pose in her CG, but...
For the J-class, that was Jervis.
Don't leave us out!
Hoorah!
Ура!
On the other hand, the Soviet Union, which was left out of the Washington and London Naval Conferences, continued its naval build-up program in the 1930s.
Silence...
The Soviet Union, observing the trend of larger destroyers among other countries, first built the six Leningrad-class destroyer leaders. The Russians then sought technical assistance from the Italians in building the Tashkent-class destroyer leaders.
The Soviet Union's First Destroyer Leaders
Leningrad-class
They placed an order with Italy's OTO Melara.
As pointed out in the artist's commentary, the company was actually OTO at the time. The rename happened in 1953.
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