How the Royal Navy would have deployed twenty-four Town-class cruisers

How many Town-class cruisers did the Royal Navy want, and where would they serve?

It wanted about twenty-four: eight each for Home and Mediterranean fleets and four each for East Indies and Far East service.

The desired twenty-four Towns would have formed six four-ship squadrons. Two squadrons were intended for the Home Fleet and two for the Mediterranean. One each would serve in the East Indies and Far East. This distribution would let the Royal Navy use its heavy cruisers for other deployments as the Counties were replaced.