How weather and deck parking shaped Sea Mosquito capacity

How many fewer Sea Mosquitos than Avengers could a carrier operate?

Only two or three fewer with deck parking, but perhaps five to eight fewer when North Atlantic conditions restricted the group to hangar space.

The number of Sea Mosquitos and Avengers that a carrier could operate depended heavily on deck parking. With deck parking available, the difference could be only two or three aircraft. In North Atlantic conditions that forced the air group into the hangar, the penalty might grow to five, six, or even eight. Carrier capacity was therefore an operational configuration shaped by weather and parking practice, not simply the published dimensions of the hangar.