Tiger cost roughly half a million pounds more than the preceding 13.5-inch battlecruisers. In the classification used here, that increase accompanies a ship designed more fully for battlecruiser combat. The more immediate Dominion comparison is smaller: HMAS Australia cost about £2 million, while Lion is shown at roughly £2.09 million. The argument is that an additional £90,000 would not have broken the Australian budget. That challenges cost as a sufficient reason for accepting the older design.
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Tiger's price jump and the cost of choosing Lion
The roughly £90,000 gap between Australia and Lion is used to challenge the cost argument, beside Tiger's much larger price increase.