Used to fly them! A big problem was large aircraft and small carriers. To land in the tropics (nil natural wind) fuel had to be reduced to five minutes endurance so that wires were not broken. This may well have increased pressure. There were numerous failures but perhaps not many more than on any aircraft of this vintage. Another factor in carrier ops of the time was lack of practice. Due to low number of carriers they had to steam from place to place in a short time resulting in less flying. In a couple of tours I only did two practice landings (no hook). Mind boggling compared to modern ops.
Great fun though!