Fitting Hawkeyes aboard modernised Malta carriers

Could Malta-class carriers be modified to operate Hawkeyes?

Probably, if angled-deck reconstruction enlarged and rearranged the deck-edge lifts and possibly modified the aircraft.

Malta already had deck-edge lift concepts that could be enlarged during a major conversion. An angled flight deck reconstruction would likely remove centreline lifts and add larger edge lifts. That work could create the handling space needed for Hawkeyes, perhaps with British modifications to the aircraft or ship. The fit is treated as difficult but plausible rather than automatic.