A larger hull could reserve space for weapons that were held ashore during peacetime. Britain had substantial stocks of equipment, particularly 4-inch guns, that could be fitted when war began. A more ambitious version of the proposal would remove a cruiser turret temporarily and retain the ability to reinstall it. These ideas seek to stretch a treaty-constrained programme, although the extent of possible compliance remains unspecified.
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Fitted-for-but-not-with treaty cruisers
Reserved hull space and weapons kept ashore offer a hypothetical route from treaty-era limits to wartime expansion.