Tiger as the interwar battlecruiser squadron's reserve

Postwar economies forced the Royal Navy to decide which ships could preserve essential capability through repeated cuts and refits. By 1919 Tiger carried flying-off positions on B and Q turrets for two fighters, and she survived a 1920 collision with Royal Sovereign before major refit. She received improved anti-aircraft guns and rangefinding equipment, recommissioned in 1924, and spent much of the decade training while covering for Hood, Renown, and Repulse. When Hood began a two-year refit in 1929, Tiger again became a full member of the battlecruiser squadron and contributed to British bargaining strength around the London Naval Conference. She paid off after Hood returned and was sold in 1932. The treaty settlement made her expendable even though she remained militarily useful.