German paper projects are set against Britain's ability to continue the Revenge-class battleships and rework capital-ship plans after 1914. Informal intelligence, company discussions, navy days, and official visits gave British observers a good view of what German yards could actually achieve. British officials also took over battleships being built for foreign governments, completed them, fitted them out, and found crews for them. Germany had Salamis in a German yard but lacked the turrets and resources needed to finish the ship. Wartime mobilization, supplier depth, and the ability to redirect existing orders were therefore part of capital-ship strength. Nominal construction programmes can mislead when industrial bottlenecks prevent delivery.
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Wartime shipbuilding exposed the industrial gap
Britain kept capital ships moving through its yards and absorbed foreign orders into wartime service, while Germany could not complete Salamis in its own facilities.