The cancelled Euphrates prompts a brief procurement counterfactual. A newly established Irish Free State might have chosen to build a navy while maintaining friendly relations with Britain. In that scenario, the projected E-class cruiser could have become its principal fleet unit. The aside uses an unbuilt British hull to explore how a friendly small navy might acquire a substantial first cruiser.
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Could the unbuilt Euphrates have equipped an Irish navy?
The unbuilt Euphrates prompts a counterfactual in which a British-friendly Irish Free State establishes a navy around an E-class cruiser.