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Q Ship vs U-Boat
- 1914–18
Engelsk Paperback
Q Ship vs U-Boat
- 1914–18
Engelsk Paperback

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A fully-illustrated account of the British Q ship, a heavily armed small craft disguised as a merchant vessel, and its tactics against the Kaiser’s formidable U-boat fleet during World War I.

Q ships came in all shapes and sizes – coastal steamer, trawler, barque, yacht or schooner – but all had to look harmless in order to lure their opponents to the surface and encourage them to attack. Armaments differed according to ship size; steamers commonly had 4in guns mounted amidships and in the bow, trawlers 3-pdrs and sailing ships 12-pdrs.

David Greentree covers how the Q ship used a ‘panic crew’, trained to act out an elaborate evacuation to convince the U-boat commander that the ship was being abandoned by its crew. The Q ship captain would remain behind with a handful of other crewmen manning the guns, which remained hidden until the most opportune time to unmask and engage the U-boat.

Packed with illustrations, this book explores the Q ship concept in detail, from its emergence early in the war, when no other method seemed likely to counter the U-boat threat, and as it flourished, until new technologies and tactics were developed, tested and implemented.





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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
80
ISBN-13:
9781782002840
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1782002847
Udg. Dato:
20 feb 2014
Længde:
7mm
Bredde:
189mm
Højde:
248mm
Forlag:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato:
20 feb 2014
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