Some light-carrier hulls could be developed as auxiliary aviation-support ships. HMS Unicorn provides the historical comparison, combining carrier features, useful speed, long range, and forward support for fleet aircraft. The scenario suggests that one or more auxiliary variants might be ordered alongside the regular carriers. The additional interwar construction remains speculative; Unicorn shows a credible design direction without proving that such variants would have been built.
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The light-carrier hull could lead to an aviation support ship
A larger carrier programme could develop an aviation-support variant of the light-carrier hull, anticipating the role later embodied by HMS Unicorn.