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How larger destroyer limits enlarge Hunts and sloops

Higher destroyer limits would lift the related sloop and Hunt hulls because the escort design already grew from sloop practice.

Question

How would larger treaty destroyers change the size of Hunt-class destroyer escorts and Royal Navy sloops?

Short answer

Both would grow, with sloops perhaps around 1,600-1,800 tons and Hunts following the larger sloop-derived hull.

Notes

Treaty categories influence more than the ships explicitly named in the limit. If destroyers grow toward 2,000 to 3,000 tons, Royal Navy sloops can also expand because their tonnage is linked to destroyer tonnage. Sloops might reach around 1,600 to 1,800 tons in that environment. Hunt-class destroyer escorts would follow because their design took a sloop hull and adapted it for the destroyer-escort role.