Submarine bans and cruiser ratios that failed

Even the 10,000-ton individual limit was open to manipulation: a cited British figure reached 10,400 tons, with some doubt attached to the official number. Britain's proposed submarine prohibition failed, as did an American attempt to extend capital-ship ratios to smaller vessels. A British alternative proposed 450,000 tons for the Royal Navy, 300,000 for the United States, and 250,000 for Japan. Some sketches justified Britain's allowance by allocating 150,000 tons for each major ocean in which it needed a force. Britain claimed commitments in the Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and Pacific, with the Mediterranean adding another burden, while the United States faced two major oceans and Japan one. None of these proposals won agreement, leaving qualitative limits and allowing an effectively unlimited number of treaty-sized cruisers.