Britain and the naval treaty limits

Who besides Japan built up to the treaty limits?

Britain is offered as an example, with the qualified view that its fleet seldom fell far below the limits.

Britain is offered as an example of a navy building to the treaty limits. An audience follow-up points out that both Britain and the United States initially had ships to scrap to get below their allowances. That qualification is partly accepted. The further judgment, expressed with a reservation, is that Britain rarely if ever fell far below the limits; no specific treaty or ship category is identified.