Britain needs faster capital ships for the raider hunt

Britain could no longer divide a few capital ships and one carrier between thinly covered hunting groups. Stronger Atlantic concentrations and an earlier Vanguard-style programme become plausible because 30-knot German raiders require fast battleships. Renown, Repulse, and perhaps Hood become higher reconstruction priorities, while Queen Elizabeth-class modernisations remain useful against Italy. The caveat is that Germany is still only Britain's third naval planning problem behind Japan and Italy during the mid-1930s. British budgets and yards must therefore answer several fleets at once rather than concentrating solely on the Kriegsmarine.