A larger navy may rationally choose less individually formidable ships if it can deploy them in greater numbers across a wide strategic area. Several 70-percent solutions can combine their fire, distribute the enemy's attention, and generate more usable task groups than a few individually superior ships. Germany's search for stronger one-on-one designs is contrasted with a Royal Navy that valued speed, coverage, and sufficient force arriving from the fleet as a whole. The key comparison is therefore the task group and the mission, not a paper duel between two hulls, and the same warning applies to modern warship comparisons.
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Why fleet effectiveness matters more than a single ship
Tiger becomes a starting point for a wider argument: navies build fleets to achieve strategic aims, not isolated champions for one-on-one comparisons.