Where a 1970s-style HMS Edgar would matter most in 1939

If World of Warships' HMS Edgar arrived in 1939, which operations and battles should she join?

Assign her to Force Z, where 1970s sensors and rapid-fire guns would radically improve the force's defence against Japanese air attack.

The panel treats World of Warships' Edgar as an expanded postwar Minotaur concept with six twin rapid-fire 6-inch turrets, 76 mm guns, 1970s radar and sonar, and an unusually heavy torpedo battery. Those systems would give a 1939 Royal Navy cruiser overwhelming surface and anti-aircraft power, though the discussion separates game mechanics from a plausible historical fit. The preferred employment is with Force Z, where modern radar and rapid-fire guns would transform the encounter with Japanese aircraft. The scenario demonstrates how sensors and fire control can be more disruptive to an earlier war than raw gun calibre alone.