The closing question considers a Royal Navy that converted Eagle and several Admiral-class hulls early enough to conduct wartime carrier strikes, perhaps against Wilhelmshaven. A successful operation by multiple full-flight-deck carriers could have changed how naval powers evaluated aircraft carriers before the treaty conferences. The thought experiment also distinguishes carriers intended to accompany the battle fleet from faster conversions supporting battlecruiser forces. It remains a counterfactual rather than an event claim, using plausible hull availability to explore how operational proof can influence doctrine and treaty bargaining.
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What earlier British carrier conversions might have changed
The closing counterfactual asks how converting Admiral-class or other capital-ship hulls during the First World War might have altered carrier operations and naval treaty negotiations.