The battlecruisers planned by the Netherlands before the German invasion would have become urgent capture-denial targets had any entered service. The Royal Navy would probably have made extraordinary efforts to acquire or sink them before Germany could capture them. The projected ships are judged capable, especially when contrasted with some overengineered German designs. A valuable allied or neutral hull can become a strategic target when its home country is about to be occupied.
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Why planned Dutch battlecruisers would become denial targets
Had planned Dutch battlecruisers entered service, Britain would have tried to acquire or destroy them rather than let capable hulls fall into German hands.