Tribal Class Destroyer (1937)

Sixteen destroyers of the second Tribal Class were completed for the Royal Navy in 1938-9. Another three were built for the Royal Australian Navy and eight for the Royal Canadian Navy about four or five years later.

The ships of the first Tribal class fought in the Great War.

Overview of 27 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Afridi	Vickers-Armstrongs, Tyne	9 Jun, 1936	8 Jun, 1937	3 May, 1938	Sunk 3 May, 1940
Ashanti	William Denny & Brothers	23 Nov, 1936	5 Nov, 1937	21 Dec, 1938	Sold 12 Apr, 1949
Bedouin	William Denny & Brothers	Jan, 1937	21 Dec, 1937	15 Mar, 1939	Sunk 15 Jun, 1942
Cossack	Vickers-Armstrongs, Tyne	9 Jun, 1936	8 Jun, 1937	7 Jun, 1938	Torpedoed 24 Oct, 1941
Eskimo	Vickers-Armstrongs, Tyne	5 Aug, 1936	3 Sep, 1937	30 Dec, 1938	Sold 27 Jun, 1949
Gurkha	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	6 Jul, 1936	7 Jul, 1937	21 Oct, 1938	Bombed 9 Apr, 1940
Maori	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	6 Jul, 1936	2 Sep, 1937	2 Jan, 1939	Bombed 12 Feb, 1942
Mashona	Vickers-Armstrongs, Tyne	5 Aug, 1936	3 Sep, 1937	28 Mar, 1939	Sunk 28 May, 1941
Matabele	Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	1 Oct, 1936	6 Oct, 1937	25 Jan, 1939	Torpedoed 17 Jan, 1942
Mohawk	John I. Thornycroft & Company	16 Jul, 1936	15 Oct, 1937	7 Sep, 1938	Torpedoed 16 Apr, 1941
Nubian	John I. Thornycroft & Company	10 Aug, 1936	21 Dec, 1937	6 Dec, 1938	Sold 11 Jun, 1949
Punjabi	Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	1 Oct, 1936	18 Dec, 1937	29 Mar, 1939	Collision 1 May, 1942
Sikh	Alexander Stephen & Sons	24 Sep, 1936	17 Dec, 1937	12 Oct, 1938	Sunk 14 Sep, 1942
Somali	Swan Hunter	26 Aug, 1936	24 Aug, 1937	12 Dec, 1938	Torpedoed 20 Sep, 1942
Tartar	Swan Hunter	26 Aug, 1936	21 Oct, 1937	10 Mar, 1939	Sold 6 Jan, 1948
Zulu	Alexander Stephen & Sons	10 Aug, 1936	23 Sep, 1937	7 Sep, 1938	Bombed 14 Sep, 1942
Arunta	Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Company, Sydney	15 Nov, 1939	30 Nov, 1940	30 Apr, 1942	Sold 1969
Bataan	Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Company, Sydney	18 Feb, 1942	15 Jan, 1944	25 May, 1945	Sold 1958
Warramunga	Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Company, Sydney	10 Feb, 1940	2 Feb, 1942	23 Nov, 1942	Sold 1963
Athabaskan	Vickers-Armstrongs	31 Oct, 1940	18 Nov, 1941	3 Feb, 1943	Torpedoed 29 Apr, 1944
Haida	Vickers-Armstrongs	29 Sep, 1941	25 Aug, 1942	18 Sep, 1943	Preserved 1964
Huron	Vickers-Armstrongs	15 Jul, 1941	25 Jun, 1942	28 Jul, 1943	Sold 1965
Iroquois	Vickers-Armstrongs	19 Sep, 1940	23 Sep, 1941	10 Dec, 1942	Sold 1966
Athabaskan	Halifax Shipyards	15 May, 1944	4 May, 1945	12 Jan, 1947	Sold 1969
Cayuga	Halifax Shipyards	7 Oct, 1943	28 Jul, 1945	20 Oct, 1947	Sold 1964
Micmac	Halifax Shipyards	20 May, 1942	18 Sep, 1943	14 Sep, 1945	Sold 1964
Nootka	Halifax Shipyards	20 May, 1942	26 Apr, 1944	9 Aug, 1946	Sold 1964

See Also

• Wikipedia

Bibliography

• Chesneau, Roger (editor) (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
• March, Edgar J. (1966). British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892-1953. London: Seeley Service & Co. Limited. (on Bookfinder.com).