Block construction could reduce scarce slipway time

Could block construction have accelerated light-carrier production during the war?

Yes. Building large sections in controlled inland factories and assembling them at the yard could sharply reduce the time each hull occupied a slipway.

Block construction changes where shipbuilding work happens. Large sections can be fabricated under cover, around the clock, in controlled conditions away from the final assembly yard. Britain possessed inland industrial sites and canals that could have supported movement of substantial components. Faster assembly would free scarce slipways for additional hulls and reduce the time an unfinished carrier remained exposed at a coastal yard. The method still depends on cranes, transport, dimensional control, and coordinated production, but it directly addresses the bottleneck.