Would it be such a bad thing for the fleet to change? The way I see it if the RN is a carrier navy we might see HMS Audacious and her sisters by 1939 and Malta class carriers by 1945.
31st may 1916
The aircraft carriers HMS Hermes and Eagle along with 12 destroyers and 6 cruisers leave scapa flow at 05:00 hours for exercises in the north sea. Unbeknownst to the admiralty the High sea fleet is at sea.
In 1909 Clement ader releases his book 'military aviation'. What would the effects be at jutland if the admiralty read the book and build four aircraft carriers?