A country's wartime result is an incomplete measure of its ship procurement. A losing navy can acquire appropriate ships yet fail to obtain enough of them. A successful nation can still buy ineffective designs. Even a carefully followed procurement process can produce a disappointing ship, so individual decisions need assessment alongside the wider outcome.
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Winning a war does not validate every ship purchase
Appropriate designs, adequate numbers, and wartime results are separate questions when judging procurement history.