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Pretty much what you're reading on the label: is it possible for the RN 3rd Battle Squadron to fight a battleship vs. battleship fleet action against significant heavy units of the IJN before all of its old 'R' battleships get sent home for obsolescence?

What sort of military feasible and useful operation could be designed by a clever commander to use the five battleships of the Eastern fleet (Warspite, Resolution, Ramillies, Revenge, Royal Sovereign) in such a way that they would find themselves in contact with an evenly-matched Japanese fleet of heavy units, preferably something like Ise, Hyuga, Fuso, and Yamashiro that would be a relatively even match with supporting forces? A bombardment or attack on the Burma coast? A raid against Penang?
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