A balanced medium navy built around interchangeable aviation decks

What would a balanced fleet for a smaller nation look like if limited to a few ship classes?

Use a small family of carriers or aviation LHDs, escorts, sealift, auxiliaries, and patrol craft, scaled to the nation's resources and sharing aircraft where possible.

For a British-sized force, the proposed structure has two Queen Elizabeth-class carriers, three ski-jump-equipped LHDs, sealift, general-purpose destroyers, anti-submarine frigates, auxiliaries, and patrol boats. Countries with fewer resources would scale down that mix rather than adopt it as a universal template. Operating F-35Bs and helicopters from all five aviation ships would create a common pool of aircraft and decks. Air groups could then be tailored to a crisis instead of being permanently tied to one hull. The resulting flexibility makes at least two flat-tops more likely to be available for an operation.