The alternative fleet programme also considers changing the people who would command it. Somerville is selected for signals expertise and Henderson as a prospective chief of staff. Moving Beatty to the Mediterranean would remove him from the immediate fleet command problem while using him in a diplomatic role. Improving the Admiralty's command arrangements is proposed as another route, but replacing an individual is judged quicker than reorganising the system. These are personnel choices within the hypothetical programme, not changes that occurred in 1915.
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Changing command and signals staff in the 1915 counterfactual
The redesigned fleet needs suitable command and signals staff as well as new ships.