A "Q" ship was a disguised warship. Basically, you take an innocent looking merchant ship, build a bunch of fake deck cargo, and hide a lot of guns inside. You attack, up come the false sides of that fake cargo, and suddenly you want to be very, very far away - or really deep! Really good against surface raiders (what they were originally designed for) or overconfident Uboots on the surface with their single, measly deck gun .......
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