Arc,
Compared to the CVS she was a luxury to operate from - a much larger deckspace to land on (and no ski jump reducing the number of spots) with RW Ops prioritised and some decently sized planning spaces. Also, you could walk down a corridor without banging your head, and the Wardroom and Quarterdeck were on the same deck (IIRC), unlike the CVS where you had to carry your beer up/down ladder chains. Not the fastest, nor most reliable ship though and I'm not sure how battle-worthy it is compared to the Cold War CVS....Shame the UK can't stay fully committed to the LitM role and purchase a like for like replacement rather than, dreamily, "double hatting" the QEC. Guess it's as much about harvesting her crew as money as there does seem to be a bit of a shortage of Matelots at the moment.