I'm looking for ideas on the navies of the various Dominions between 1918 and 1939. What form the could take, how they could be paid for, that sort of thing.
I've just read that Jellicoe was invited to prepare a report on the RAN in 1919. He recommended a large Far East Imperial Fleet based at Singapore and paid for by Britain (75%), Australia (20%) and New Zealand (5%). The RAN contribution would have been one aircraft carrier, two battlecruisers, eight light cruisers, one flotilla leader, twelve destroyers, a destroyer depot ship, eight submarines, one submarine depot ship, and a small number of additional auxiliary ships. This wasn't taken up obviously, but what if instead of that he'd proposed a RAN based around light cruisers, destroyers and submarines with no carriers or battleships?
I've just read that Jellicoe was invited to prepare a report on the RAN in 1919. He recommended a large Far East Imperial Fleet based at Singapore and paid for by Britain (75%), Australia (20%) and New Zealand (5%). The RAN contribution would have been one aircraft carrier, two battlecruisers, eight light cruisers, one flotilla leader, twelve destroyers, a destroyer depot ship, eight submarines, one submarine depot ship, and a small number of additional auxiliary ships. This wasn't taken up obviously, but what if instead of that he'd proposed a RAN based around light cruisers, destroyers and submarines with no carriers or battleships?