If Ark Royal survived?

Suppose that the British aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal survives being torpedoed by U-81 off the coast of Gibraltar and is towed to safety. Or, better yet, one of the carrier's escorting destroyers (HMS Legion) correctly identifies the U-boat on sonar and chases it away. What are the effects?
 
Suppose that the British aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal survives being torpedoed by U-81 off the coast of Gibraltar and is towed to safety. Or, better yet, one of the carrier's escorting destroyers (HMS Legion) correctly identifies the U-boat on sonar and chases it away. What are the effects?

Supplying Malta in 1942 would be easier and maybe the Americans aren't asked to send the USS Wasp to the Med. Later in the war she can go to the Pacific.
 
She joins Sommervilles Far East Fleet and anight Swordfish strike in the Indian Ocean is the result.
 
Would Ark Royal's survival negatively impact British carrier design? I read that the sinking of the Ark Royal was in part due to a lack of backup power sources, which was corrected in subsequent British carrier designs. Would this not happen if the carrier survived?
 
Let's assume that the carrier is towed into Gibraltar, but the power still failed-but DC efforts with hand pumps, WT compartments, etc. do succeed. The After-Action and Damage Control Reports would still note the lack of backup power sources, and a need to correct that in future carrier construction-and get some gas powered pumps from the U.S. in the intirim-now! Once power's restored at the yard there and has some drydock time for temporary repairs, it's a toss-up as to where she goes. She'd likely go to the U.K. first, but if the yards there are busy, a trip across the Atlantic to Norfolk (two damaged British carriers-Illustrious and Formidable-were getting repaired there) or Boston (where Rodney was overhauled after the Bismarck episode-she had been en route to Boston when the Bismarck made her cruise) for a full repair is possible. Ark Royal is going to spend at least three months in the yard, maybe more, regardless of where she spends the time getting her full repair. After that, it's anyone's guess as to where she deploys next.
 
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