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Did Ark Royal demonstrate a Far East ventilation problem?

Ark Royal's loss in the Mediterranean prevents treating concern about her steel hangars as evidence of failed ventilation during Far East service.

Question

Did Ark Royal have ventilation problems in the Far East?

Short answer

That premise is mistaken: Ark Royal was lost in the Mediterranean. The concern described here was a prediction that a steel hangar would become excessively hot.

Notes

Ark Royal did not reach the Far East before her loss in the Mediterranean. The concern raised here was that a large steel hangar would behave like an oven. That prediction should be distinguished from an observed ventilation failure during a deployment she never made.