A GB/PG/1914 riding at anchor

This is another view of a GB/PG/1914 fast gunboat with 3-5in/50 QF guns and a top speed of 36 knots. This gunboat is at anchor. They functioned much as destroyers in the anti-torpedo role, but lacked torpedoes of their own. They really fulfilled one typical British view from 1914 that the only important role for destroyers was to protect larger ships from attack. The attack role was de-emphasized for British destroyers.