The proposed Italian allowance rises to about 200,000 tons, against roughly 113,000 tons of older ships Italy would want to retain. A 40,000-ton individual ceiling would accommodate the Francesco Caracciolo design. Three completions are suggested as a possible outcome, although the calculation gives a full-load figure for the design without reconciling it with the remaining treaty allowance. That makes the number an estimate rather than a demonstrated tonnage balance. Even a limited completion program would strengthen Italy's late-1920s fleet, while France's government remained less willing to fund construction.
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Italy gains several Caracciolo-class battleships
A larger Italian allowance could revive Caracciolo-class construction, with three completions suggested as an estimate and French funding still uncertain.