A Tillman-scale race would affect far more than battleships. Imperial dockyards would need enlargement, while destroyers require greater size to carry weapons capable of threatening the new capital ships. Larger torpedoes would in turn demand more hull volume and stronger supporting machinery. Postwar Daring-class dimensions and capabilities could become common much earlier, changing escort and torpedo warfare in the Second World War.
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Super-battleships pull destroyers toward Daring size
Larger capital ships demand expanded bases, heavier torpedoes, and much larger destroyers decades earlier.