If Beatty and Chatfield were killed at Jutland

How would Royal Navy policy change if Beatty and Chatfield were killed at Jutland?

The battle report and carrier policy could change, but the Navy would also lose a strong treaty negotiator; Bacon is suggested as a possible replacement.

The deaths of Beatty and Chatfield at Jutland would change the later account of the battle and the choice of senior officers. Clarke expects a more accurate report without Beatty protecting his own conduct. Another panelist stresses the loss of Beatty's unusually strong position as a naval-treaty negotiator. Reginald Bacon is offered as an alternative whose committee work, reports, industrial experience, and American business contacts could provide a different route into negotiations. Beatty's decisions over Admiral-class carrier conversions, torpedoes for Eagle, and the transfer of naval aviation to the RAF are also criticized as costly to carrier development.