A large surviving warship could have mattered in the Falklands as a command platform even apart from its weapons. HMS Fearless and HMS Intrepid had command spaces suited to an administrative landing and reinforcement of an ally such as Norway. They were not designed to direct a major amphibious operation in contested waters and under sustained air attack. Command-and-control capacity can become a limiting feature when a ship is pushed beyond the scenario for which it was built.
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Why Fearless and Intrepid lacked the command space the Falklands demanded
Fearless and Intrepid were useful amphibious ships, but their command facilities had been designed for a more limited reinforcement mission than the contested Falklands landing.