Would Bearn have a better career if built to a sensible all-turbine design?
Short answerA faster, more mobile ship would have better prospects, especially if its hangar and lifts were subsequently improved.
NotesAn all-turbine Bearn is expected to be faster and more mobile. That improvement would make a useful operational career more plausible, although it would leave the carrier's aircraft-handling problems. Further alteration of the hangar and lifts is proposed as the next step. The favourable outcome therefore assumes both the machinery change and later attention to the flight-deck arrangements.