France sustains captured High Seas Fleet ships

Would French operation of captured High Seas Fleet ships preserve German naval infrastructure for spare parts?

No; France could substitute domestic equipment and use reparations to acquire the German tooling needed for specialized components.

If France received a large part of the High Seas Fleet, continued operation would not require Germany to preserve its naval industry unchanged. French refits could replace unsupported machinery with domestic equipment as each ship came due for overhaul. Heavy guns and specialized systems would be harder, but France already possessed industrial capacity that could be retooled. Reparations could also include German machine tools or entire production plants, transferred under French supervision to prevent sabotage or careless disassembly.