Independent blue-water dominance without reliance on American assets. Standardised shipbuilding across five navies; carrier-borne jet capability by 1953; nuclear propulsion under trial by 1956.
Operational Phases
PHASE I · INTEGRATION
1946–1950
•Standardisation of shipbuilding and naval doctrine across Commonwealth shipyards.
•HMS *Indomitable* refit — first Commonwealth carrier with jet-assisted launch.