Several Hoods would change the Washington Treaty bargain

How would Britain retain Hood's sisters if the full Admiral class existed at the Washington Naval Conference?

Britain would defend the class as a real fleet capability, forcing US equivalence demands and tradeoffs over older ships or the Nelson-class settlement.

Two or three sisters to Hood would be too valuable for Britain simply to surrender in a treaty bargain. The United States would demand some form of equivalence, while Britain might trade away an older ship such as Tiger or reconsider whether to insist on Nelson and Rodney. American negotiators already knew Britain would walk away if its core requirements were not met. Individual ship programmes become bargaining chips within treaty ratios rather than being judged only by technical merit.