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WI the British govt decided to refit HMS Eagle for Phantoms instead of Ark Royal? From what I've read in 1967 the Ark was in reasonably poor material condition whereas Eagle had just come out of a 5 year rebuild. The Phantom refit for Ark cost 32 million pounds and 3 years whereas such a refit for Eagle was estimated to cost 5 million pounds and mucb less time.

Would it have made much if any difference in the end? Would the 27 million pounds saved just have been kept by the govt or absorbed by the RN for no material result?
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