What an impossibly large 1939 Royal Navy would change

What if an offer in 1935 let Britain replace its 1918 fleet by June 1939 with World of Warships Conquerors, Vanguards, Goliaths, Neptunes, and Tribal destroyers?

In the scenario, the panel expects the fleet's assumed strength to change rival calculations, while disagreeing over available fuel stocks and considering reserves and transfers to dominion navies.

The premise uses ships from World of Warships to replace the Royal Navy's 1918 categories by June 1939: Conqueror battleships, Vanguard battlecruisers, Goliath heavy cruisers, Neptune light cruisers, and Tribal destroyers. The panel settles on using the ships' stated characteristics in the scenario, rather than every game mechanic. Its rough count reaches about fifty battleships, ten to twelve battlecruisers, forty heavy cruisers, eighty light cruisers, and hundreds of destroyers. Conqueror's twelve 16.5-inch guns and 29.5-knot speed, Goliath's modern 9.2-inch guns, and Neptune's rapid-firing dual-purpose armament explain the enormous assumed advantage. The complete proposed fleet and its assumed equipment could not have been built by 1939. The discussion anticipates either deterrence or renewed construction by rivals. Panelists raise the expense and fuel burden; Clarke disputes an immediate fuel shortage and points to more efficient machinery, reserves, and transfers to dominion navies. He also argues that maintaining the force would cost less than fighting another world war.