Why an imperfect conversion could have taught Germany more

The discussion points to merchant and liner conversions as precedents for gaining flight-deck experience without beginning with a perfect purpose-built ship. HMS Audacity's captured German merchant hull is offered as a low-cost learning model, followed by a larger conversion once more liners became available. The reply agrees that Germany possessed large passenger liners but argues that its production and design culture often resisted openly imperfect solutions. That reluctance helps explain why a simpler operating step was bypassed in favor of Graf Zeppelin's elaborate system. A conversion could have revealed aircraft-handling and organizational problems earlier, though it would not guarantee combat success.