Q-ship
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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 attac
British First World War Q-ship HMS Tamarisk
Q-ships hid naval guns behind moveable or pivoting panels
USS Atik (AK-101)
USS Big Horn (AO-45)
Merchant raider
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Merchant raiders are armed commerce raiding ships that disguise themselves as non-combatant merchant vessels.
Q-ship
…submarines. The German Q-ship Schiff K heavily damaged the Russian submarine Gepard of the Bars class on 27 May 1916. The famous Möwe and Wolf were merchant raiders, vessels designed to disrupt enemy trade and sink merchantmen, rather than attack enemy warships. Germany employed at least 13 Q-ships, including the…
RMS Carmania sinking SMS Cap Trafalgar near the Brazilian islands of Trindade, 14 September 1914