French crews for British light fleet carriers

Could Britain provide aircraft carriers to France instead of France building its own?

Potentially; Britain had carrier hulls it could not crew, while a continuing French Navy could supply the manpower.

The answer separates construction capacity from personnel capacity. Britain could build more light fleet carrier hulls than the Royal Navy expected to crew. An intact French Navy would provide trained personnel and an institutional home for ships that might otherwise remain unavailable. A loan or sale could therefore turn British shipyard output into additional Allied carrier strength without worsening the Royal Navy's manpower bottleneck.