NaB and Engines both confirm my view that the C2 elements were initially not factored in to the CVF plan, partly because C2 was intended to be conducted from the T45. There was also an aspiration within the 1* Sub Navy Board to convert Illustrious in to a USS Blue Ridge/ Mount Whitney type JFHQ Command Ship once the CVF was commissioned, to save money on the CVF C2 spend (smoke and mirrors!), although this never got to the stage of being a formal Staff Requirement and was probably a more expensive in overall defence budget pipe dream terms anyway!
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