British Admiralty decided to built battleships again according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad 1934 no. 6

An item referred to the magazine Le Yacht dated 28 July 1934 reporting that during the discussions dealing with the Naval Conference the British Admiralty announced that she as soon as the limitations of the Washington Naval Treaty (1) were expired she intended to built again battleships, further more as 30 cruisers (10 to replaced aged cruisers), a large number of destroyers and some aircraft carriers.

Note

1. Naval Treaty of Washington signed between the same countries was a result of the Washington Naval Conference in Washington between November 1921 and February 1922. This treaty limited the numbers of the major ships and limiting the maximum displacement of the other ships namely 10.000 tons.