What happened to capital-ship workers during the building holiday

What happened to the workers, foundries, and industrial capacity behind battleship construction after building stopped?

Workers retired, died, or moved into other industries, while specialist foundries and production lines closed or went dormant and later had to be rebuilt.

Welders, riveters, fabricators, gunmakers, and armour specialists had transferable skills and could not wait indefinitely for naval orders. Recalling them later required higher wages and relocation, while replacing them meant training a new workforce through an expensive learning curve. Closed or idle foundries added restart costs that do not appear as simple inflation. The difference between Nelson- and King George V-era costs shows why continuous orders preserve both capability and affordability.