Originally Posted by
Downwind.Maddl-Land
Before we get too cocky, wasn't Victorious so damaged by a dockyard fire that her refit was abandoned, and I seem to recall another of the Grey Funnel Line's carriers was similarly disabled (Centaur or Bulwark?) in almost identical circumstances. Happy to be corrected.
A small 'convenient' fire allowed the Carrier-hating Prime Minister to cancel the refit and pay off the vessel.