A 40,000-ton ceiling would give Britain more room for machinery than the historical treaty settlement allowed. One proposal uses an F3-style arrangement with a longer hull, more shafts and boilers, and broadly comparable protection to produce a 28-knot ship at about 37,000 tons. The available tonnage might permit three such Nelson-type battleships. The same higher ceiling would also make a later King George V design with twelve 14-inch guns a plausible outcome.
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A higher treaty ceiling permits faster British battleships
A 40,000-ton battleship ceiling could support three faster Nelson-type ships and a later King George V design with twelve 14-inch guns.