Local ownership of capital ships could justify docks and supporting facilities that a Dominion government might otherwise resist funding. The Royal Navy could then use that infrastructure and pay only for improvements beyond the local requirement. Integrated personnel and command arrangements would also make wartime concentration easier. A proposed Channel Fleet supplied by Dominion ships could operate under a Dominion admiral and free Royal Navy officers for other commands. These are projected benefits of the transfer scheme.
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How Dominion capital ships could fund shared naval infrastructure
Local capital ships could justify dockyard spending and create infrastructure available to the wider Royal Navy.