Q-ships, also known as Q-boats, decoy vessels, special service ships, or mystery ships, were heavily armed merchant ships with concealed weaponry, designed...
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Warship (redirect from Combatant ship)
since the early 20th century, merchant ships were often armed and used as auxiliary warships, such as the Q-ships of the First World War and the armed merchant...
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List of boat types (section Q)
a list of boat types. For sailing ships, see: List of sailing boat types Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also References...
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Godfrey Herbert (section Service in Q-ships)
Yarmouth. Q-ships were heavily armed merchant ships with concealed weaponry, designed to lure submarines into making surface attacks. This gave Q-ships the...
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USS Asterion (AK-100) (category Q-ships of the United States Navy)
USS Asterion (AK-100, AK-63, WAK-123) was a Q-ship of the United States Navy named for Asterion, a star in the constellation Canes Venatici. SS Evelyn...
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and marines Pram (ship) A pram or pramm is a type of shallow-draught flat-bottomed ship. There is also a type of boat called Pram Q-ship A heavily-armed...
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USS Captor (category Q-ships of the United States Navy)
USS Captor (PYc-40), briefly the seventh ship to bear the name USS Eagle (AM-132), was a Q-ship of the United States Navy. Built as Harvard, a steel-hulled...
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Against merchant ships, U-boats observed the "prize rules" which meant they had to stop and inspect the ship, and take the crew off the ship before they could...
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Look up Q in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Q, or q, is the seventeenth letter of the English alphabet. Q may also refer to: Q (drag queen) Q, pseudonym...
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USS Atik (category Q-ships of the United States Navy)
Atik (AK-101) was a Q-ship of the United States Navy named for al-Atik, a double star in the constellation Perseus. Her twin sister ship was Asterion. The...
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Q-Max is a type of ship, specifically a membrane type LNG carrier. In the name Q-Max, "Q" stands for Qatar and "Max" for the maximum size of ship able...
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Prince Charles was a 274 gross register tonnage collier converted to a Q-Ship of the Royal Navy during the First World War. In the afternoon of 24 July...
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An amphibious assault ship is a type of warship employed to land and support ground forces on enemy territory during an armed conflict. The design evolved...
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support ship (US Navy hull classification symbol: AOE) is a type of replenishment auxiliary ship. Different from traditional logistic ships, the fast...
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the Royal Navy Q-ship HMS Baralong and two German U-boats. Baralong sank U-27, which had been preparing to attack a nearby merchant ship, the Nicosian...
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USS Big Horn (AO-45) (category Q-ships of the United States Navy)
USS Big Horn (AO-45/WAO-124/IX-207) was a Q-ship of the United States Navy named for the Bighorn River of Wyoming and Montana. Gulf Dawn, a single-screw...
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paint scheme attempts to hide a ship from view; deception, in which a ship is made to look smaller or, as with the Q-ships, to mimic merchantmen; and dazzle...
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made by ships. Prior to the introduction of dedicated depth charge throwers, charges were manually rolled off the stern of a ship. The Q-ship, a warship...
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A naval ship (or naval vessel) is a military ship (or sometimes boat, depending on classification) that is used by a navy. Naval ships are differentiated...
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training in the United Kingdom, after which he served aboard Helgoland, a Q-ship that operated against German submarines. His performance on his first two...
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ships Lists of ships Lists of shipwrecks Ship sizes Aframax Capesize Chinamax Handymax Handysize Maersk Triple E class Malaccamax Panamax Q-Max Seawaymax...
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A dock landing ship (also called landing ship, dock or LSD) is an amphibious warfare ship with a well dock to transport and launch landing craft and amphibious...
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Corvette (redirect from Corvette (ship))
navies to "lieutenant commander", derives from the name of this type of ship. The rank is the most junior of three "captain" ranks in several European...
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Mandela. Q-Ships are ring-shaped spaceships used by Thanos and his children. They are stored in the Sanctuary II, and deployed from the ship when invading...
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Minesweeper (redirect from Mine warfare ship)
became the predecessor of the mine sweeping forces with specially designed ships and equipment to follow. These reserve Trawler Section fishermen and their...
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Amphibious transport dock (redirect from Amphibious transport dock ship)
dock, also called a landing platform dock (LPD), is an amphibious warfare ship, a warship that embarks, transports, and lands elements of a landing force...
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List of types of naval vessels (category Lists of ships)
Torpedo boat Patrol Torpedo (PT) boat Q-ship Seaplane tender Submarine including U-boat Submarine aircraft carrier Submarine chaser Survey ship Troopship...
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USS Irene Forsyte (category Q-ships of the United States Navy)
schooner originally built as MacLean Clan which was briefly converted to a Q-ship, of the United States Navy. The three-masted schooner MacLean Clan was built...
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A littoral combat ship (LCS) is either of two classes of relatively small surface vessels designed for near-shore operations by the United States Navy...
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