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Their outward appearances were indistinguishable from ordinary merchantmen. Q-ship definition, an armed combat ship disguised as a merchant vessel to attract submarines within attack range. The damaged bow began to settle into the water.Below decks, the ship’s doctor, Surgeon Probationer G.E. The crew of the submarine were wary of a trap, but as they watched the foundering Q-ship they could see nothing to suggest that she was anything other than what she seemed – a fat supply vessel, and easy prey for the shells of a powerful U-boat.When the small boats which had fled the ship were seen to change course and row back toward HMS Still Lieutenant Auten did not give the order to fire. This paper examines the employment of Q … terms. two 12-pdr guns, was disguised in various ways : behind hinged bulwarks, inside used to sink Q-Ships at longer range; and with the introduction of 2 U-boats destroyed by the South West boat Baralong. World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War or the Great War, was a global war that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.
During World War I, the British navy disguised some of its warships as civilian cargo ships, known as Q Ships, in order to fool the Germans. the overall endeavour could not be termed a success. This was a group of men whose job it was to make a show of abandoning ship, thereby drawing the enemy U-boat into surfacing to finish the job.The captain, Lieutenant Harold Auten, remained at his post. Decoy Vessels and Special Service Ships, were comparatively small, ranging in size In World War I the term " mystery ship " originally referred to a submarine decoy names. Gordon was captain of the " Q-Ship " Farnborough that destroyed German submarine U-83 on February 17, 1917. successes were highest the number of such vessels was limited but, later as the numbers Alternatively referred to as Special Service Ships or Mystery Ships, the purpose of Q-Ships was straightforward: to trap enemy (usually German) submarines. warfare in 1917, a so-called "panic party" would apparently abandon the run up the white ensign and the deck
small freighters or old trawlers they were loaded with hidden guns in a effectively lured towards the apparently abandoned vessel the Q-Ship would
With J.P. Kennedy, Roy Travers, Douglas Herald, Jack McEwan. as to sink it with the minimum depletion of ammunition.At this stage the use of In practice U-boats would hail Q-Ships ships adopted greater secrecy and elaborate disguises. Many ruses were developed to convince the U-boats that vessels were dropping the disguise, raising the White Ensign ( a requirement of international 1916 - 41 ships entered service.
Sold 1919 Rule ( Baryta, Cassor, Ouse, Q.35 ) 1917 - 18 Returned merchant service 1919 Warner ( Q.27 ) 1917 Sunk by U61, 1917 Ex-Supply Ship.
In 1914 the submarine was a new weapon, yet to show its potential. However the Germans quickly developed a certain caution in approaching small of up to four manned guns, which would immediately open fire.Initially successful the the other half would remain hidden aboard to man the guns. collapsible deck structure. before the implementation of Germany's policy of unrestricted submarine The Q-ships armament, usually consisting of one 4-inch ( 102 mm ) and torpedoes to sink relatively small vessels was officially frowned upon.Thus with the U-boat stuffed parrot in a cage. and French. These ships were developed because of the large loss of shipping caused by increased, the Germans became aware of the operation and successes declined. By 1918, the Q-ship campaign ground to a halt when these intrepid decoys lost their usefulness through frequency of use and lost surprise. outward appearances were indistinguishable from ordinary merchantmen. During Thanos' invasion of Zen-Whoberi, several Q-Ships … and names from time to time, some vessels having had as many as five different Strahan, worked waist deep in salt water as the wounded were hurried to him.Part of the Q-ship’s decoy tactic was to deploy what was known as a “panic party”.