CVA-01's missile fit was not settled

Was CVA-01 intended to carry the same Sea Cat launcher as the Type 12 family?

Possibly, but the fit remained open and later Sea Dart and Sea Wolf combinations may have been more likely.

One published CVA-01 missile fit should not be treated as final. Sea Cat and Sea Dart both appeared in design discussions, while the construction timeline could have made Sea Wolf increasingly attractive. A Sea Dart launcher with three Sea Wolf systems is judged more plausible here than the often-repeated single Sea Cat arrangement. A long-running capital-ship project can outlive the weapons assumptions used at its start.