Upgrading Australia and New Zealand to Lion types could change the designs that followed without altering the basic building timetable. The pair would probably incorporate improvements toward Queen Mary. Queen Mary could then move closer to the historical Tiger design. That leaves Tiger as the next opportunity for a larger design change, whose precise form remains open at this stage of the counterfactual.
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How upgraded Dominion Lions reshape Tiger
The counterfactual build path turns Australia and New Zealand into upgraded Lions and nudges Queen Mary and Tiger further along the battlecruiser spectrum.