German capital-ship production and lost industrial memory

How many Deutschland-class or larger ships could Germany build simultaneously before the war?

Germany might begin with two and build toward roughly six hulls in simultaneous construction, but expansion into H-class ships and larger guns would expose yard limits and a serious loss of specialist experience.

The estimate begins with two initial hulls and grows into a rolling program with several ships under construction at once. Physical yard space is only one limit: H-class ambitions require new facilities, while gun work suffers because the expert community has not practiced at scale for roughly two decades. Italian reboring experience shows why a paper capability does not substitute for retained manufacturing skill. A later follow-up adds that German mass production would provoke British counterbuilding with 9.2-inch cruisers or 14-inch Renown-like ships, turning numerical growth into a wider arms race.