A 42,000-ton battlecruiser and 37,000-ton battleship limit

Hood's displacement makes a distinct battlecruiser ceiling difficult: a seven-thousand-ton advantage over battleships would be too large, so the alternate scheme raises the battleship limit as well. American comparisons already treated Hood as equivalent to a Colorado-class battleship, which helps explain why that battlecruiser advantage would be difficult to accept. The resulting five-thousand-ton gap is paired with the same maximum sixteen-inch gun calibre and no artificial treaty speed limit. Raising the battleship ceiling from 35,000 to 37,000 tons also gives each power some additional aggregate tonnage without overturning the agreed ratios. A 32,000-ton carrier limit follows because carriers must operate alongside faster capital ships and need more machinery, range, and aviation capacity. Britain might nevertheless spread its 160,000-ton carrier allowance across more ships rather than build every hull to the individual maximum. These figures work as a linked package rather than as independent adjustments.