The scenario uses two carriers with roughly seventy-two aircraft each, including a combined ninety-six torpedo bombers. Even allowing heavy weapon failures and a one-in-three hit rate, ships sitting in harbour with watertight doors open could suffer serious damage. Repeated raids would force Germany to divert fighters from the Western Front, sortie the fleet under unfavourable conditions, or withdraw it into the Baltic. Withdrawal would concede British control of the North Sea and could open options for coastal amphibious operations around the Western Front. Tiger Cub escorts enable effects far beyond cruiser combat by allowing the carriers to operate against Wilhelmshaven.
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Carrier strikes on Wilhelmshaven
A protected British carrier force could strike an unprepared High Seas Fleet in harbour and force Germany to defend, sortie, or retreat into the Baltic.