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02-28-07, 08:11 AM
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Q ships. Do they exist?
Been reading Wolfgang Hirschfelds book about his time on U-109 with Bleichrodt and his commanders worries about Q ships. Just wondered if SH3 or GWX ever threw in a few as a surprise
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02-28-07, 08:18 AM
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Canadian Wolf
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02-28-07, 08:22 AM
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Officer
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Yes, they do.
And they are all commanded by John DeLancy clones  Actually, I have to confess that I don't know the answer - I just saw the joke and had to post.:p
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02-28-07, 08:24 AM
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02-28-07, 10:14 AM
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Q ships are not included in GWX....but the marksmanship of some of the merchants late war sometimes gives the impression they have been
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02-28-07, 10:36 AM
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Planesman
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For anyone wondering what Q-ships are. A good 20-30 minute read http://www.history.navy.mil/docs/wwi...#anchor1557292
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02-28-07, 05:28 PM
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Good book,
 i read it time agoQ-ships was planned by dev team first but it wasn´t completed In vanilla Sh3 some small merchants have a moving container door on the deck but withouth any hidden gun. perhaps mounting a gun it could fire but the container door are always moving...:hmm:
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03-01-07, 12:58 AM
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Seaman
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Most of the late war merchants are dead shots.
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03-01-07, 07:46 AM
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...and a good reason for attacking submerged. At least mid '43 to '45.
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03-01-07, 09:10 AM
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Planesman
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There was only 4 Q-Ships according to that article and all were highly unsuccesful 1 sank the other 3 didn't sink a uboat but 1 has claimed to after depthcharging which brought oil stains up to the surface which dissappeared so im not so sure if the sub coulda just got away.
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