Bringing Yamato-class ships to Jutland would create a large fuel requirement, but the counterfactual assumes Britain would make supplying them a priority. Existing merchant tankers and the oil infrastructure built for the Queen Elizabeth class provide a starting point. Further tanker construction and oil purchases are suggested if required. Supporting a couple of visiting ships is treated as more manageable than sustaining an entire replacement fleet, though no fuel calculation is supplied.
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Supplying oil for Yamato-class ships at Jutland
The Japanese fleet counterfactual returns to the tankers and British oil facilities needed to support a small detachment at Jutland.