Why the Dutch considered battlecruisers before a carrier

Did the Dutch consider building an aircraft carrier?

Not yet in this period; they prioritized a defensive battlecruiser force, though a carrier could plausibly have followed later.

Dutch planners had not reached a carrier program in the period under discussion. Their immediate work focused on a defensive force centered on battlecruisers. A later carrier remained plausible if the program and strategic pressure had continued. The answer places carrier procurement within the sequence of missions and force needs a smaller navy chose to address first.