Continuously increasing calibre of main armament of destroyers and flotilla leaders disapproved according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad 1919-1920 no. 4

An item in the The Naval and Military Record dated 6 August disapproved the intention of increasing the calibre of the guns o board of the large destroyers and flotilla leaders. If their displacement was not above the 2.000 ton was the maximum calibre 12cm to prevent handling problems with too heavy ammunition on board of these ships which were not such stabile gun platforms like battleships. Guns of this calibre were also sufficient heavy enough for the main purpose of such vessels namely anti torpedo boat warfare.