In that era of fire, the British misjudged the movements of the German Navy and decided to build 8 new light cruisers. These steel behemoths, they didn't come out of nowhere, but were based on a wartime plan from 1916 to 1918, and as an improved version of the Kerrys, they were more ferocious and deadlier. Imagine that the hulls of these cruisers are 6 more long than those of the Kerres class4 meters is like lengthening the body of a fish and making it more flexible. Between the bridge and the front chimney, a 152 mm main gun was added, bringing the number of main guns to six, like the six eyes of a giant, majestic and powerful. What's even more amazing is that for the first time, they used triple torpedo tubes, which could fire 3 torpedoes at a time, carrying a total of 4 torpedoes, making them the strongest torpedo equipment among British cruisers.
However, these cruisers are not exactly the same, and they can be divided into 3 groups according to the differences in details. The bow of the first group is flat, and the first.
The second and third groups adopted a more distinctive "trawler-style" bow. What's even more interesting is that the width of the hull of the third group has increased by a few points. And the naming of each ship also has a peculiarity, their names all start with the letter D, so they are also called D-class. Unfortunately, due to the end of the First World War, the next 4 ships were not completed. If all these eight cruisers were built, I am afraid it would be a different scene.