When the Victorious rebuild could become a class program

Could a trouble-free HMS Victorious rebuild have supported similar modernizations of other British carriers?

Yes, if it achieved the planned result without draining the budget needed for follow-on conversions.

HMS Victorious could become a useful modern carrier only if the rebuild delivered its intended result without absorbing the money needed for every follow-on ship. A successful, controlled program could have encouraged similar work on other carriers. The question was whether modernization could become a repeatable budget and program-management effort rather than a one-ship experiment.