Four first-generation Dreadnoughts change the Anglo-German race

What if the Royal Navy built HMS Dreadnought with three sisters instead of as a single ship?

If Britain sustained four-ship orders, its opening lead would be difficult for Germany to match economically and could prevent the same close race and British naval scare.

A four-ship opening class followed by repeated batches would give the Royal Navy an immediate lead that Germany could not easily close. If Britain continued ordering dreadnoughts and battlecruisers in groups of four, matching that pace would force Germany either to damage its economy or to take funds the army would resist surrendering. The competition would therefore remain more qualitative than quantitative. That strength could paradoxically reduce Britain's domestic naval panic, because the German challenge would never come close enough to produce the same public fleet scares. The historical We Want Eight campaign depended on a perceived gap that this larger opening program would have prevented.