[PDF] Q Ships And Their Story eBook

Author : E. Keble Chatterton
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Page : 110 pages
File Size : 20,37 MB
Release : 2016-10-24
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ISBN : 9781539704058

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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.They were used by the British Royal Navy (RN) during the First World War and by both the RN, the United States Navy and the German Kriegsmarine during the Second World War (1939-45).Edward Keble Chatterton (1878-1944) was a sailor and prolific writer from Sheffield. His voyages across the English Channel, to the Netherlands, around the Mediterranean and through the French canals led to many articles and books. Joining the R.N.V.R. at the outbreak of WWI he commanded a motor launch flotilla, leaving the service in 1919 as a Lieutenant Commander. Between the wars his output included works about model ships, juvenile novels, and narrative histories of naval events; from 1939, his writing focused upon WWII.

Author : E. Edward Keble Chatterton
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Page : 364 pages
File Size : 42,39 MB
Release : 2017-03-16
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ISBN : 9781544718569

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Q-Ships and Their StoryByE. Edward Keble Chatterton

Author : E. Keble Chatterton
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 23,10 MB
Release : 2015-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781330775059

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Excerpt from Q-Ships and Their Story The wonderful and brave story of ships and men here pre sented needs but the briefest introduction. The deeds will forever remain one of the most glorious chapters in the chronicles of the sea. No excuse is offered for adding another volume to the literature of the war, for the subject is deserving of greater attention than has hitherto been possible. Lord Jellicoe once remarked that he did not think English people realized the wonderful work which these mystery ships had done in the war, and that in these vessels there had been displayed a spirit of endurance, discipline, and courage the like of which the world had never before seen. To few naval historians, I believe, has it ever been permitted to enjoy such complete opportunities for acquiring authentic information as is here presented. Unquestionably the greatest sphere of Q-ship Operations was off the south-west coast of Ireland, owing to the fact that the enemy submarines from the summer of 1915 to 1918 concentrated their attacks, with certain intervals, on the shipping in the western approaches to the British Isles. It was my good fortune during most of this period to be at sea patrolling off that part of Ireland. These Q-ships were therefore familiar in their various disguises at sea or in harbour at Berehaven and Queenstown during their well earned rest. Throughout this time I kept a diary, and noted down much that would otherwise have been forgotten. Many of the Q-ship officers were my personal friends, and I have enjoyed the hospitality of their ships. Valuable data, too, were obtained from officers of merchant ships who witnessed Q-ships engaging submarines. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Edward Chatterton
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Page : 274 pages
File Size : 19,76 MB
Release : 2018-04
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ISBN : 9781987430141

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Q-Ships and Their Story is a history of q-ships during World War I.

Author : Edward Keble Chatterton
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Page : 196 pages
File Size : 38,31 MB
Release : 2017-08-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781406884876

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Chatterton (1878-1944) was a prolific writer who published around a hundred books, pamphlets and magazine series mainly on maritime and naval themes. At the outbreak of WWI he joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, leaving the service in 1919 with the rank of Lieutenant Commander. This work first published in 1922 draws on his war experiences and describes the role and exploits of the armed merchant ships designed to lure enemy submarines into making surface attacks, thus giving the Q-ships, as they were known, the opportunity to open fire and sink them. Illustrated with numerous photographs and diagrams.

Author : Estate Of Kenneth M Beyer
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,59 MB
Release : 2015-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781591146339

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Basing his narrative upon research, his own experiences aboard the USS Asterion, and conjecture, U.S. Navy officer Beyer reconstructs the events of the confrontations of the U.S. warships USS Asterion and USS Atik (Disguised as merchant marines in an ill-fated attempt to counter German submarine warfare) with the German navy during World War II.