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Q-ships, also known as Q-boats, decoy vessels, special service ships, or mystery ships, were heavily armed merchant ships with concealed weaponry, designed to lure submarines into making surface attacks. This gave Q-ships the chance to open fire and sink them.
HMS Farnborough, also known as (Q-5), was a Q-ship of the British Royal Navy that saw service in the First World War. Farnborough was a heavily armed merchant ship with concealed weaponry that was designed to lure submarines into making surface attacks.
Q-ships of the Royal Navy (17 P) U. Q-ships of the United States Navy (8 P) Pages in category "Q-ships" This category contains only the following page.
Pages in category "Q-ships of the United States Navy" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
HMS Penshurst was a Royal Navy warship that was active during World War I.She was a Special Service Vessel (also known as Q-ships) whose function was to act as a decoy, inviting attack by a U-boat in order to engage and (if possible) destroy it.
The List of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945.
Mary B Mitchell was a British schooner completed in 1892 that served as a Q-ship during the First World War.She was in service from April 1916 until the end of hostilities, operating in the Southwest Approaches from her base in Falmouth.
Pages in category "Q-ships of the Royal Navy" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. SS Arvonian; B.