A proposed twenty-ship British allowance gives a ceiling of 700,000 tons at 35,000 tons per ship. After retaining the fleet used in the calculation, roughly 211,000 tons remain, enough for six new capital ships. Suggested combinations include three Nelsons and three F3 battlecruisers, or four Nelsons and two F3s, with faster capital ships entering service before 1930. The American calculation allows Washington to be completed and leaves room for five further ships, although the planned South Dakotas exceed the assumed individual size limit. Japan's hypothetical ceiling rises to 420,000 tons, while an eight-ship allowance gives Italy 280,000 tons. These provisional calculations are revised aloud as the counterfactual develops.
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A larger treaty allowance for Nelsons, F3s and Washington
The Dutch-purchase scenario becomes a tonnage calculation showing which additional capital ships the treaty powers could build.