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British battlecruiser costs from Invincible to Hood

A rough rising cost curve is suggested for British battlecruisers between HMS Invincible and HMS Hood, with the intermediate prices left uncertain.

BattlecruisersHMS HoodHMS InvincibleNaval ProcurementWarship Costs
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Question

Can the cost growth of British battlecruisers between HMS Invincible and HMS Hood be tracked?

Short answer

Only approximately in this answer: a rising curve is suggested, while missing intermediate prices leave the rate of increase uncertain.

Notes

A precise cost comparison from HMS Invincible to HMS Hood is left unresolved. The prices of the intervening British battlecruisers are described as incompletely known, which limits any estimate of how quickly expenditure rose. A roughly rising curve is suggested, but no ship-by-ship figures are supplied. The proposed chart would therefore be an approximation, with the intermediate costs still uncertain.