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HMS Baralong was a cargo steamship that was built in England in 1901, served in the Royal Navy as a Q-ship in the First World War, was sold into Japanese civilian service in 1922 and scrapped in 1933. She was renamed HMS Wyandra in 1915, Manica in 1916, Kyokuto Maru in 1922 and Shinsei Maru No. 1 in 1925.
The Baralong incidents were two incidents during the First World War in August and September 1915, involving the Royal Navy Q-ship HMS Baralong and two German U-boats. Baralong sank U-27 , which had been attacking a nearby merchant ship, the Nicosian .
HMS Baralong The action of 19 August 1915. Q-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.
This category is for ships launched in the year 1901. 1896; 1897; ... HMS Baralong; HMS Bedford (1901) USS Biddle (TB-26) ... Spanish seaplane carrier Dédalo; SS ...
Baralong: 1901 1901–1915 1916–1922 Requisitioned as a Q-ship in WW1 as HMS Baralong. Renamed HMS Wyandra. Returned 1916 and renamed Manica. Sold and renamed Kyokuto Maru and later Shinsei Maru No.1. Scrapped 1933. Branksome Hall: 1904 1904–1918 Torpedoed and sunk by UB-105 off Libya in 1918. Castilian: 1890 1909–1917 ex Umbilo.
HMS Baralong. On 19 August 1915, the German submarine U-27 was sunk by the British Q-ship HMS Baralong. All German survivors were killed by Baralong ' s crew on the orders of Lieutenant-Commander Godfrey Herbert, the captain of the ship.
In the Clive Cussler book series Oregon Files, the main base of operations is a Q-ship, a converted lumber carrier. The crew are mercenaries and former US covert and military personnel who carry out missions around the world in support of US policy while earning their living performing mercenary operations.
First Baralong incident: British Q-ship, HMS Baralong intercepts and sinks German U-boat SM U-27: 24 August Second Baralong incident: British Q-ship, HMS Baralong intercepts and sinks German U-boat SM U-41: 10 December Battle of Kirpen Island: Two Ottoman gunboats sunk by Russian destroyers 26 December-July 1916 Battle of Lake Tanganyika