German ships did not fit Dutch strategic requirements

Would the German fleet of 1940 have fulfilled the Royal Netherlands Navy's prewar ambitions?

It matched much of the Dutch wish list on paper, but its German strategic orientation would have made many of the ships less useful for Dutch requirements.

The comment observes that Germany's 1940 fleet would appear enviable beside Dutch plans for battleships or battlecruisers, cruisers, destroyers, and submarines. The inventory would satisfy much of the Dutch numerical wish list, but German ships were designed and organized for a different strategic purpose. Fleet value depends on alignment with a navy's geography, doctrine, bases, and expected opponents rather than on hull counts alone.