Fisher's programme responded to a genuine financial and strategic constraint. Saving money was necessary to fund new technology without inviting deeper political control of naval affairs. His planning concentrated on Germany and a European conflict in which speed and modern fighting power appeared decisive. The result was a rational battle-fleet policy that did not adequately account for the hull numbers required by a worldwide empire.
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Why Fisher needed to cut ships
Fisher's cuts released money for modern ships and reduced political pressure, while concentrating the Royal Navy on a possible European war.