On the other side of the Atlantic, the successive Navy bills from 1937 to 1940 called for 17 new battleships (2 North Carolina, 4 SoDak, 6 Iowa, 5 Montana) and a horde of carriers (Essex-class) and smaller vessels. It's difficult to guess what precisely would have been built, but it would probably have been a variation around the 1936 Tentative Fleet Plan.Īccording to Brown, this plan envisionned a fleet ofġ8 Battleships (probably 3 rebuilt QE, Renown, Repulse, Hood, 5 KGV and 13 new BBs)Ĩ fleet carriers (Ark Royal and 7 new ships)ĥ light carriers ("trade protection carriers") Note that on the other side, the Royal Navy would probably not have remained idle if Germany went on with this plan. The Kriegsmarine would have swelled to 800+ warships, the most notable being :Ħ H-class battleships (62,000 tons, 8*16")ģ O-class battlecruisers (35,000 tons, 6*15")ġ2 P-class Panzerschiffe (25,000 tons, 6*11")Ħ M-class cruisers (10,500 tons, 8*5.9") in two sub-classes
The Z-plan accepted in January 1939 aimed at a balanced fleet able to defy the Royal Navy on the high sea, with the ultimate purpose of being able to take control of the sea around Great Britain to force its surrender, and to have an answer to the USN power in the Atlantic.
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