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Why Greece might accept an available German capital ship

Availability and affordability could matter more than ideal specifications when Greece urgently needed ships.

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Question

Why would Greece receive a particular former German capital ship, beyond how close it was to completion?

Short answer

Availability and affordability would be enough: Greece needed ships.

Notes

An available former German capital ship could appeal to Greece because it needed hulls and could afford that particular ship. Proximity to completion would not be the only consideration. The related Dominion examples raise a separate concern about prestige flagships consuming money needed elsewhere in a fleet.