what if Articles 181

Mrstrategy

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what if in article Article 181 of Peace Treaty of Versailles

König class/Bayern class replace Deutschland or Lothringen type?

ARTICLE 181.

After the expiration of a period of two months from the coming into force of the present Treaty the German naval forces in commission must not exceed:

6 battleships of the Deutschland or Lothringen type, 6 light cruisers, 12 destroyers, 12 torpedo boats,

or an equal number of ships constructed to replace them as provided in Article l90.

No submarines are to be included.

All other warships, except where there is provision to the contrary in the present Treaty, must be placed in reserve or devoted to commercial purposes.
 
I don't think you are likely to get the König class/Bayern class as they are just far to good.
They could fight 1 v1 with RN 13.5"/15" ships that would require the RN to replace the entire fleet or maintain larger numbers at great cost, they are also better than anything France has.
I think the idea is also to make Germany give up on a real battle fleet as its limited to supposedly 10,000t coastal ships later.

I think you might get the treaty to agree on the hex dreadnoughts as them being younger might be more damaging to Germany industry due to agreeing a long construction gap.

With hindsight the Nassau class gives them almost nothing but could easily justify lower numbers of ships as the 4 of them would easily defend against anything Soviet.
 
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