Four French carriers would provide continuous carrier availability, but France would need substantially more escorts to support them. Such a force would also put pressure on British carrier numbers. Britain's earlier comparison treated three smaller Invincible-class carriers as equivalent to one Charles de Gaulle. Four French carriers would make that numerical justification much harder to sustain.
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Four French carriers would also need more escorts
A four-carrier French force would require more escorts and challenge Britain's earlier comparison between three Invincibles and one Charles de Gaulle.