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What if the Revenge class only reached three ships before production was stopped? Royal Oak and Royal Sovereign join a renamed Revenge (Now Royal George) as the Royal class at Jutland. Of the five others planned, four have been laid down by the time First Sea Lord Jackie Fisher gets permission to finish them as 3x2 15in/42 battle cruisers.

With excess turrets on order he gets permission to lay down the nearly cancelled HMS Resistance too. So the Renown class stands at five by wars end: Renown (Fairfield), Repulse (Palmers), Ramllies (Beardmore), Resistance (HM Dockyard Devenport) and Resoluton (Palmers).

Washington Naval Treaty won't give any 15" gunned ships up, so what gives?

Given that only two can be refitted with surplus nine inch plate belts, what is the likely post-war refit? Since the Courageous class are more limited, can they get heavier, deeper and slower for a fast fleet of 30knots? More like a fast, light, battleship than a heavy battlecruiser. Given a target of 30 knots, how armoured could they get?

Add torpedo defence bulges out to 104ft on both classes? Any likely impacts in WW2 from the three extra Renown class? From bulging the Courageous class?
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