Would a reactivated Tiger class shape postwar designs?

If Tiger or Blake had served in the Falklands, could the Royal Navy have retained them or built a successor command ship?

Possibly: their command role might have encouraged a large command-oriented successor alongside, or instead of, some frigate replacements.

Successful use of Tiger or Blake as a command ship could have influenced the Royal Navy's postwar replacement choices. Instead of answering the losses of Sheffield and Coventry only with Type 22 frigates, planners might have considered a larger command-oriented destroyer or cruiser. Falklands experience similarly helped create demand for a purpose-built amphibious assault ship such as HMS Ocean. The proposal is speculative, but it shows how an improvised wartime role can generate a new procurement requirement.