Why copied HMS Kelly plans would not produce a German Kelly

What practical significance would copied plans have if a German worker at Hawthorn Leslie obtained HMS Kelly's design?

The copying story remains unresolved, and German design culture would probably reject Kelly's simpler approach even if the plans were available.

The story remains unconfirmed that a German worker at Hawthorn Leslie copied HMS Kelly's plans. Possessing the drawings would not mean Germany would build the ship. In the context of his preceding criticism of German warship complexity, he considers the British destroyer design too simple and straightforward to fit German preferences. The exchange separates access to a foreign design from the institutional willingness to adopt its underlying choices.