What Admiral-class carrier conversions could change

What would extra Admiral-class carrier conversions mean for the Royal Navy?

They would add large carrier capacity, encourage larger or different air groups, and alter the scale of British carrier operations.

Three additional large conversions would give the Royal Navy ten carriers on entering the Second World War. Even after losses comparable with Courageous and Glorious, eight would remain instead of five, making multi-carrier operations much easier to sustain. Their beam and displacement could support air groups around ninety aircraft rather than the smaller complements of the historical conversions. A contemporary sketch also suggests a deck-edge lift, while an early conversion might retain an armoured deck. A later exchange arranges Swordfish, Skua and fighter units in the six- or twelve-aircraft increments the Royal Navy preferred. The large flight decks could also encourage twin-engine strike aircraft with greater range and torpedo-carrying capacity.