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Wulfmann · 03-17-10, 12:26 PM

This was tried in WWI by the Brits but once discovered they paid little dividends and the idea was scrapped.

The US tried it in 1942 (See Operation Drumbeat book) but the Q-ship was easily sunk and the US gave up as well converting the others back to original merchant types.

Most people think Q-ships were German as in their armed merchant raiders but the use of Q-ships against any nation's submarines was not worth the expense, training of crew or end results.

The German armed merchant ships were very successful in the far away areas away from heavier naval concentrations

Wulfmann

03-17-10, 12:26 PM	#2
Wulfmann Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 1,010 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	This was tried in WWI by the Brits but once discovered they paid little dividends and the idea was scrapped. The US tried it in 1942 (See Operation Drumbeat book) but the Q-ship was easily sunk and the US gave up as well converting the others back to original merchant types. Most people think Q-ships were German as in their armed merchant raiders but the use of Q-ships against any nation's submarines was not worth the expense, training of crew or end results. The German armed merchant ships were very successful in the far away areas away from heavier naval concentrations Wulfmann __________________ "The right to keep and bear arms should not be infringed upon, if only to prevent tyranny in government" Thomas Jefferson,; Constitutional debates