Tiger Cub hulls could accelerate British carrier development

Without Furious, Courageous, and Glorious available as experiments, Britain might apply Hermes-style carrier work to a Tiger Cub hull sooner. A carrier based on the cruiser hull could reach about 28 knots and carry roughly thirty to forty aircraft, offering a practical platform for reconnaissance and strike experiments. Several such ships might dash forward under a fast cruiser screen, launch torpedo aircraft against the German fleet at Wilhelmshaven, and withdraw before slower German units could respond. Early aerial torpedoes would remain unreliable, so the strike is a possibility rather than an assured result.