How naval flying-boat orders sustained Supermarine

What would the Royal Navy have used if Supermarine had gone bankrupt?

Fairey or Blackburn could supply naval floatplanes, but Supermarine itself might have been broken up without the steady Fleet Air Arm contracts that kept it viable.

If Supermarine had disappeared, the Royal Navy could still have bought floatplanes from Fairey or Blackburn. The wider consequence would have been industrial: Vickers had no reason to preserve an unprofitable subsidiary indefinitely. Steady Fleet Air Arm contracts made Supermarine worth continued investment and helped fund the engineering base behind its later work. Cruiser and fleet amphibian procurement therefore had consequences extending well beyond the aircraft carried at sea.