Could Hood receive a wartime refit?

Would keeping the French fleet in the war allow Hood to receive a larger refit?

It increases the chance of a machinery and limited armour refit because Britain no longer has to sustain Force H, though the complete reconstruction is still uncertain.

Without Force H, Malaya, Renown, and other British capital ships could remain with the Home Fleet or enter dockyard periods. That added margin makes time for Hood's machinery work and selected armour improvements more plausible. The complete prewar reconstruction would not necessarily fit wartime schedules. Allied force structure creates refit options that the historical emergency removed.