How treaty relief shaped Revenge's likely replacement

Revenge had received repeated refits, but by the late 1930s the Admiralty was considering a more extensive overhaul or eventual replacement. Once the Second London Naval Treaty removed an aggregate ceiling, British planning could again contemplate a battle fleet of roughly twenty-one to twenty-five ships. New King George V-class battleships and later construction would provide the opportunity to withdraw older hulls without shrinking the force. As the oldest ship of her class, Revenge would probably have been among the first retired if war had not disrupted that replacement cycle.