Malta-class carriers could serve into the 1980s with larger aircraft

If built, how long might the Malta-class carriers serve and what names were proposed?

Their size could support larger aircraft and roughly forty years of service into the 1980s or 1990s; proposed names included Africa, Gibraltar, Malta, and New Zealand.

The Malta design could accommodate larger aircraft than Britain's smaller carriers. On a roughly forty-year service life, ships completed after the war could remain useful into the 1980s or perhaps the 1990s. The proposed names were Africa, Gibraltar, Malta, and New Zealand. The large hull supported aviation growth and gave the class a potentially long service life.