Why the Fleet Air Arm passed on the Brewster Bermuda

How poor was the Brewster Bermuda if an aircraft-short Royal Navy still did not want it?

The decisive problem was role mismatch rather than simple quality: the Fleet Air Arm did not need the Bermuda once the Barracuda covered its dive- and torpedo-bomber requirement.

The Bermuda was assessed for Fleet Air Arm uses including dive bombing and target towing, but neither justified adoption. By 1942 the Barracuda was approaching service and combined the strike roles the Royal Navy actually required. Severe equipment shortages do not automatically make every available aircraft operationally relevant.