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What Britain converts if the Courageous class stays armed

Keeping larger Courageous-class gunships forces Britain toward new carriers or conversions of older battlecruisers and incomplete Admiral-class hulls.

Question

What would the Royal Navy use for carriers if larger Courageous-class ships remained gunships?

Short answer

It would build carriers from scratch or turn to older battlecruisers and incomplete Admiral-class hulls, with G3-related conversions another possibility.

Notes

The Royal Navy still needs carrier tonnage even if Courageous, Glorious, and Furious are too useful to convert. Purpose-built construction is the cleanest answer, but treaty timing and cost may make another conversion attractive. Older battlecruisers such as New Zealand, incomplete Admiral-class hulls, or even G3-related material become possible candidates. The Admiral hulls are especially interesting because work had advanced far enough that disposal decisions existed without every physical step having been completed.