This counterfactual replaces Courageous, Glorious, and Furious with carriers built on Admiral-class battlecruiser hulls. The imagined conversions begin with better underwater protection and room for larger air groups, while their size and prestige could have brought stronger escorts. They might also have served as flagships, placing an admiral and flag captain aboard. That command structure could have checked reckless handling before it cost a ship.
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Admiral-class carriers and survivability
A counterfactual asks whether larger battlecruiser-derived carriers might have survived better and been handled more cautiously.