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Why carrier conversion was the best use for the Courageous class

Aircraft-carrier conversion is the preferred future for the Courageous-class hulls.

Question

How should the Courageous-class battlecruisers have been fixed?

Short answer

Convert them into aircraft carriers, the only useful role proposed for the hulls.

Notes

Aircraft-carrier conversion is the preferred way to make the Courageous-class hulls useful. No alternative redesign as gun-armed capital ships is developed. The response is a brief design judgment without a detailed conversion scheme.