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Originally Posted by She-Wolf
Best Beloved has just been telling me about the Q ships of WW1 and II ( not from personal experience you understand) - fascinating. I had to look the topic up on Wiki to see what that said, and learned that the US navy also used Q ships in the Pacific... made me wonder if the IJN did as well, and whether in SH4 I might fall foul of one of these beasties....? Don't suppose so but worth an ask  |
The only Japanese Q-Ship I know of was the "Delhi Maru". She was sunk on her first mission by the "Swordfish" on January 15, 1944.
As far as I know, nobody has modded her. If this is done, she should be scripted in the campaign to appear near the entrance to Tokyo Bay on the day before her loss. She was about 2,000 tons, so I suppose the small Q-Ship created for Silent Hunter III could be imported to represent her.
There's some evidence that regional Japanese commanders may have designed Q-Ships, but these reports were never confirmed. "Delhi Maru" was the only official IJN-designated craft.