Q Ship vs U-Boat
1914-18
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. Those who served on Q ships had to accept that their U-boat opponents would be able to strike first. Q ship captains kept ready a 'panic crew', which was 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 wou…
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Weitere Autoren: Dennis, Peter (Illustrator) (Illustr.) / Palmer, Ian (Illustrator) (Illustr.)
- ISBN: 978-1-78200-284-0
- EAN: 9781782002840
- Produktnummer: 14896242
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 80 S.
- Masse: H24.9 cm x B18.5 cm x D1.5 cm 258 g
- Abbildungen: 40 b/w; 10 col
- Gewicht: 258
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David Greentree
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