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How British submarines could ambush a Japanese carrier

T-class submarines would wait near a port or constrained channel where a Japanese carrier's route could be predicted.

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Question

How could the Royal Navy use only submarines to sink an Imperial Japanese Navy carrier?

Short answer

Concentrate T-class boats near a port or channel where the carrier's movement is predictable and ambush it there.

Notes

T-class submarines could wait beside a port or a constrained channel. The carrier would then have to pass through an area where the boats could ambush it. Predictable movement through that restricted area is the basis of the proposed attack.