How evacuation delayed Ark Royal's damage control

The rapidly growing starboard list called for the early counterflooding doctrine explained earlier in the video. Captain Loben Maund reacted to the swift losses of Courageous and Glorious by ordering a broad evacuation and then selecting who would return to save the ship. That sequence postponed serious damage-control work until forty-nine minutes after the hit. Open covers and hatches allowed flooding to spread toward the centreline boiler room, while power and communications failures made every response harder. The initial damage was severe, and the evacuation decision made the carrier's condition markedly worse by delaying containment.