Unicorn was used in a carrier-like role because that was what the fleet needed at the time. That wartime employment differed from the purpose for which she had been built. Her arrangement nevertheless provided a model for the later light fleet carriers. The lineage shows how a specialized aviation-support design could influence a more general and widely reproduced carrier type.
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How Unicorn shaped the light fleet carriers
Operational need pushed Unicorn into carrier-like service, but her design became an important model for the later light fleet carriers.