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1 online resource (256 pages) |
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Access limited to subscribing institutions. |
| Summary |
The Q-ship, an ordinary merchant vessel with concealed guns, came into its own during World War I, when used by the Royal Navy to trap and destroy German U-boats. The Q-ship operations are covered here in detail, by following the careers of the eight men who won the Victoria Cross on Special Service Operations; and by accounts of German U-boat crews being on the receiving end. No book on Q-ships can avoid the Baralong incident in which a Q-ship's crew allegedly executed the survivors of the German submarine U-27, on August 19, 1915. In a subsequent encounter with U-41, more British atrocities were alleged by the only two German survivors. Revealing extracts from the diary of a Royal Marine who served on board the Baralong are reproduced here, together with other first-hand accounts. With charge and counter-charge, this incident provides a fascinating story. |
| System Details |
System requirements: Adobe Digital editions. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History -- World War, 1914-1918.
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HISTORY / Military / World War II.
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Anti-submarine warfare -- History.
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Q-ships -- Great Britain -- History.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations, British.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lake, Deborah. Smoke and mirrors. Stroud, Gloucestershire : Sutton Pub., 2006. 9780750946056 (DLC)2008431326 |
| Standard No. |
9780750979078 |
| ISBN |
9780750979078 (e-pub) |
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