In this counterfactual, additional Admiral-class battlecruiser hulls offered a stronger foundation for carrier conversion. Such ships might also have prompted the United States to seek a third large conversion alongside Lexington and Saratoga. The proposal would have replaced the Courageous-class conversions with larger, more capable ships. The hulls available under treaty conversion rules could shape carrier capability for decades.
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An Admiral-class alternative to the Courageous conversions
Converting Admiral-class hulls could have produced better British fleet carriers than Furious, Courageous, and Glorious, if enough hulls had existed.