Interesting topic, would definitely go with the Eagle config. If you were going mid to late 30s I would suggest Nimrod Osprey combo.
You mentioned that Albatross would be remain a seaplane tender / carrier, in my own WIFF (based on Flyhawks well reviewed HMS Hermes)
Stanley Goble would have gotten his way and formed a separate Fleet Air Arm in 1922/3 and Albatross would have been built as a modified Hermes.
