#q-ships

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'Q' Ship BRIG 2; Q ships were merchant ships manned by Royal Navy personnel, they appeared unarmed to invite U-boat surface attack. When spotted, a portion of the crew would appear to panic and leave on a life-boat, hoping to draw the U-boat closer. When in firing range, the trap would close. Images show a brigantine rigged vessel.

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HMS Prize (Q-ship, schooner) engaging U-93.

The captain of the HMS Prize, William Edward Sanders, was awarded the Victoria Cross for taking on a U-boat. He essentially played possum until the U-boat got close enough to see if the ship was really sinking. While the Prize was damaged, its guns worked just fine and it ended up damaging the conning tower severely. The captain of U-93 (the very Prussian-named Edgar von Spiegel von und zu Peckelsheim) and two other crewmen were picked up floating in the water and taken prisoner, while the U-93 limped back to Germany. Unfortunately for the Prize, ze Germans were now determined to sink the schooner that had the temerity to damage one of their U-boats. While patrolling with a British sub as a decoy for the Kriegsmarine to attack, the Prize was lost with all hands due to action, sunk by UB-48.

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Nasiriya | 24 July 1915

#OTD in #WW1 IEF D attacks Ottomans outside #Nasiriya in #Iraq, Q-ship Prince Charles sinks a U-boat with own guns

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