Moving British capital-ship construction forward by roughly two years could put Lions into service alongside the King George V class. Their availability would alter decisions about fast-battleship deployment, including the forces sent to the Far East. The outcome remains conditional because carrier construction and wartime pauses would still determine which ships became available. If Lion construction continued during the war, the class might even enter service before Vanguard because Vanguard's shortcut depended on equipment released by decommissioning older ships.
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What earlier Lion construction could have changed
An earlier British building programme could have put Lion-class fast battleships into wartime service before Vanguard.