Reminds me of the Through-Deck Cruiser episode for the Royal Navy. "Work on the design of the new cruiser continues. Our plans for its development are not depe

Reminds me of the Through-Deck Cruiser episode for the Royal Navy. "Work on the design of the new cruiser continues. Our plans for its development are not dependent on the outcome of the Harrier trials" http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1971/oct/21/through-deck-cruisers http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1971/oct/21/throu... Handily enough, when the RN was forced to decommission its big-deck carriers in the mid-1970s the through-deck cruiser was outfitted for Sea Harriers and became a light carrier...