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Vindictive tested whether the carrier arrangement worked

Vindictive's aviation conversion was an experiment in whether a carrier arrangement could be built and what practical use it might have.

Aircraft Carriers Fleet Air Arm HMS Vindictive

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Question

Why was HMS Vindictive given a carrier arrangement?

Short answer

The conversion tested whether the arrangement could be built and what value it offered.

Notes

HMS Vindictive's aviation arrangement was an experiment intended to test whether the conversion could be built and what practical value it offered. Its mixed configuration belongs to an early period when navies were still working out which carrier arrangements were useful.