Q-Ships and Their Story

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BY E. KEBLE CHATTERTON AUTHOR OF "SAILING SHIPS AND THEIR STORY," LATE LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER R.N.V.R.

PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I THE HOUR AND THE NEED

CHAPTER II THE BEGINNING OF SUCCESS

CHAPTER III Q-SHIP ENTERPRISE

CHAPTER IV THE STORY OF THE 'FARNBOROUGH'

CHAPTER V THE 'MYSTERY' SAILING SHIPS

CHAPTER VI THE 'MARY B. MITCHELL'

CHAPTER VII MORE SAILING SHIPS

CHAPTER VIII SUBMARINES AND Q-SHIP TACTICS

CHAPTER IX THE SPLENDID 'PENSHURST'

CHAPTER X FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS

CHAPTER XI THE GOOD SHIP 'PRIZE'

CHAPTER XII SHIPS AND ADVENTURES

CHAPTER XIII MORE SAILING-SHIP FIGHTS

CHAPTER XIV THE SUMMIT OF Q-SHIP SERVICE

CHAPTER XV LIFE ON BOARD A Q-SHIP

CHAPTER XVI Q-SHIPS EVERYWHERE

CHAPTER XVII SHIPS OF ALL SIZES

CHAPTER XVIII THE LAST PHASE

Footnotes.

INDEX

Title: Q-Ships and Their Story

Author: E. Keble (Edward Keble) Chatterton

Language: English

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Q-SHIPS AND THEIR STORY

BOOKS ON THE SEA BY
E. KEBLE CHATTERTON


HISTORICAL

SAILING SHIPS AND THEIR STORY

SHIPS AND WAYS OF OTHER DAYS

FORE AND AFT: THE STORY OF THE FORE AND AFT RIG

STEAMSHIPS AND THEIR STORY

THE ROMANCE OF THE SHIP

THE STORY OF THE BRITISH NAVY

KING’s CUTTERS AND SMUGGLERS

THE ROMANCE OF PIRACY

THE OLD EAST INDIAMEN

CRUISES

DOWN CHANNEL IN THE “VIVETTE”

THROUGH HOLLAND IN THE “VIVETTE”

Q-sailing ship “Mitchell”
This was one of the most famous of all the Q-ships and rendered splendid service. The dummy deck-house on the poop concealed the after gun (see p. 67).

Frontispiece.

Q-SHIPS AND THEIR
STORY

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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