Lion-type Australia and New Zealand would leave Germany's existing Scharnhorst and Gneisenau outclassed in the Far East. Britain retained several battlecruisers around Europe and the Atlantic, allowing the Dominion ships to serve as powerful local units overseas. Their presence would demonstrate British power and could reduce the number of other ships needed in the region. The higher individual cost could therefore be offset by savings across the wider imperial deployment system.
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How Dominion battlecruisers could reduce other overseas deployments
Powerful Dominion battlecruisers would project British status in the Far East while reducing the number of additional ships needed across the imperial station system.