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What could Australia receive from the enlarged Royal Navy?

The Australian fleet would still use British designs, but greater Royal Navy strength creates room for more cruisers or modernized battlecruisers.

Question

How would the enlarged treaty fleets change Australian warship procurement?

Short answer

Australia would keep using British designs and might receive more cruisers or modernized Renown-class ships, rather than operate the newest battleships.

Notes

Australia would continue using British designs for ships larger than its locally adapted corvettes. The newest fast battleships would exceed the infrastructure and personnel that the Royal Australian Navy could readily sustain. Modernized Renown or Repulse would be more plausible capital-ship transfers. A larger imperial allowance could also provide additional County-derived heavy cruisers or later British light cruisers.