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While over the years there have been various AH attempts on how to improve Fleet Air Arm or surface combatants of the Royal Navy, how about submarines for a change?

How could one plausibly increase efficiency of Royal Navy submarine service in WW2? Some thoughts on (somewhat) plausible developments which come to me would be:

Specified ASW submarine to be developed, whether improved R class or something completely different.

Ideas on how to attack enemy at bases, perhaps taking a note on what Italians did in WW I, including:

Well prepared scheme of attack to be employed from the outset of war

Special forces operations with Royal Marine personnel would be fairly cheap to develop pre-war - if there were impetus

Laying magnetic mines (introduced by RN already in 1918) from the outset

Midget submarines to penetrate enemy bases

Any other ideas?
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