At roughly 2.6 million pounds, Tiger had moved well beyond the economic space once occupied by large armored cruisers. Invincible had cost roughly 1.8 million pounds, close enough to a large armored cruiser that separate support arrangements could absorb much of the apparent saving. Successive battlecruisers widened that gap. Tiger's price makes a 9.2-inch large cruiser more attractive as an intermediate ship between Town-class light cruisers and capital ships. That is a proposed force-structure option arising from the cost comparison.
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Tiger's cost reopens the large-cruiser niche
Tiger's rising price creates room for a 9.2-inch large cruiser between Town-class light cruisers and increasingly expensive battlecruisers.