The readers here might not appreciate how bluddy small the Melbourne was, and the balls of stainless steel needed to lob an A4 or a Tracker onto that deck. Add some seas, darkness, weather and such and the stress would be measured on the Richter scale.
A tale is told of the Oz A4 pilots being invited to shoot some approaches to a US carrier, may have been Enterprise, forgotten now. They had some fun and marvelled at the room available. Our boys invited the Yanks to come to the Melbourne for a return favour, but when they saw the size, they politely refused and went home.