The Royal Navy's Washington Treaty figure may not have described Tiger with complete precision and may have left room for later improvement. Her speed and eight heavy guns still made her a valuable national asset in the 1920s. Keeping Tiger allowed the battlecruiser squadron to retain three ships when Hood, Renown, or Repulse entered refit, which explains why she remained useful long after newer capital ships appeared. The declared figure therefore mattered as both treaty accounting and potential modernization headroom.
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Treaty displacement and Tiger's interwar value
The declared 28,500-ton displacement may have preserved modernization margin for a ship still needed to keep a three-strong battlecruiser squadron available.