A plausible succession for a surviving CVA-01 air wing

If CVA-01 had entered service, would the Royal Navy have operated a naval Tornado?

Probably not; an improved Buccaneer followed by Hornet-family aircraft and eventually F-35C is more plausible.

A straightforward carrier Tornado is implausible because the airframe and undercarriage would need major redesign for catapult launches and arrested landings. A Blackburn Buccaneer Mk 3 offers a more plausible British successor for a surviving CVA-01 force. When the United States developed the Hornet and later Super Hornet, Britain could join that programme instead of funding another wholly national carrier aircraft. By the early twenty-first century, the same conventional-carrier fleet would likely be moving rapidly toward the F-35C. The sequence reflects the economics of adapting existing naval aircraft and buying into large allied production runs.