The replacement allowances are 525,000 tons each for Britain and the United States, 315,000 for Japan, and 175,000 each for France and Italy. At 35,000 tons per ship, these totals correspond to fifteen, nine and five ships respectively. These are calculations using the maximum replacement size, rather than exact counts of every retained fleet. The quoted standard displacements are 27,500 tons for the Queen Elizabeth class and 25,750 tons for the Royal Sovereigns. Against those existing ships, a 35,000-ton ceiling looks like a plausible compromise.
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National tonnage quotas and fleets of 35,000-ton ships
The national tonnage allowances translate into different fleet sizes when every replacement ship uses the 35,000-ton ceiling.