The British example imagines building five Nelson-type ships over roughly six years, with the orders spread across that period. Successive ships could incorporate changes to the design. A continuing flow of orders would also keep armour production and related industries active. The argument is that later expansion in the 1930s would then begin from a less depleted industrial base. The example explains the proposed industrial mechanism without supplying a costed programme.
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Staggered construction keeps the armour industry working
A gradual building schedule explains how the proposed larger fleet could preserve industrial capacity before rearmament.