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Avoiding a carrier pause compounds shipyard output

Earlier carrier completions free yard space that could accelerate Implacable, Indefatigable, Audacious, Unicorn, and the light carriers.

Question

How would avoiding the Royal Navy's carrier construction pause affect later classes?

Short answer

Earlier completions would free yards and expertise sooner, accelerating Implacable, Indefatigable, Audacious, and Unicorn as well.

Notes

Completing the earlier carriers would release yard space for the ships that followed them. Implacable and Indefatigable are expected to arrive sooner under that counterfactual. Audacious, Unicorn, and the light carriers could also benefit. The effect carries through successive projects because each completed hull makes construction capacity available again.