American plans appeared as a large public package because Congress authorized many ships together. Britain usually ordered one class, prepared the next, and left later details undecided until their turn arrived. Existing shipyards allowed that rolling approach without an early announcement of every future hull. A snapshot containing only G3 and N3 therefore understates the scale Britain might have pursued if the naval competition continued.
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Why British capital-ship plans appeared one class at a time
British orders looked smaller than American programs because the Admiralty advanced successive classes through an already extensive yard system instead of announcing one congressional-style batch.