What if Australia received HMS Tiger under a different naval-treaty arrangement?
Short answerA modernized Tiger would be costly for Australia to sustain, but a Tiger-Furious grouping could create a substantial Australian task force.
NotesThe support costs of a capital ship are central to this alternate history. A modernized Tiger, perhaps rearmed with 14-inch guns, would impose a large interwar crewing and support commitment on the Royal Australian Navy. Furious could be a plausible accompanying carrier because she was large enough to be useful and fast enough to work with Tiger. Pairing the two could create a distinct Australian task group and alter which ships later joined the wartime force around Prince of Wales and Repulse.