What did British naval aviation do in World War II after the Taranto raid?

Yes, there was
the Taranto raid, and Royal Navy aircraft crippling
the Bismarck's rudder about seven months later.
But did British naval aviation have any effect on World War II after
1941? I've been struck at how absent it is from the World War II histories. Of
course, there was the Battle of the Atlantic, which was crucial -- but wasn't
the most effective air work done by long-range RAF flights over the Western Approaches?

The war record is
especially striking when you contrast it to the RAF saving the nation from
possible invasion during the summer of 1940.

It is even more
striking that as late as 1944, the Royal Navy's planners were arguing that the
postwar British fleet should be built around the battleship, according to Eliot
Cohen's Supreme
Command, which I was
re-reading this summer.

Today's essay
question: Was the RAF more adaptive than the air wing of the Royal Navy? If so,
why? Extra credit for good historical examples, double points for class
antagonism.