How a British-built Forrestal-class carrier would differ

How would the Royal Navy design the Forrestal class if the carriers were built in Britain for American service?

The panel expects a somewhat smaller carrier with a substantially smaller crew, reflecting British design and manning practice.

The panel predicts that British designers would reduce both the carrier's size and its complement. The crew reduction is the clearest difference, reflecting a Royal Navy approach shaped by tighter manpower assumptions than those of the US Navy. The answer is necessarily broad rather than a worked redesign, but it identifies the institutional choices that would shape the ship before detailed specifications. It is a compact example of how the same carrier requirement can produce different results in different navies.