Obsolete first-generation dreadnoughts remain in the Far East instead of being scrapped. The campaign does not expect them to defeat a serious naval opponent there. Their tonnage still raises the chance that distant invasion operations will succeed, while newer capital ships remain available for harder fighting. This is a useful force-structure example of old ships providing presence and mass in a secondary theatre.
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Old dreadnoughts as overseas presence forces
First-generation dreadnoughts remain useful in the Far East when an invasion needs tonnage rather than modern combat power.