Q Ship

Red Devil · 06-06-20, 08:11 AM

Sorry about sinking ship but I was stalking it for so long, I nearly forgot. Did the Japs have Q Ships, this one was bristling with guns and side panels and what looks like hidden torpedo tubs.

I have just tried to add image but manage attachments is gone, sorry this site cannot be reached????? It came back after a fw minutes

XenonSurf · 06-06-20, 08:19 AM

Maybe yes if I go through historical papers, but I don't think so. This didn't fit Japonese 'Imperial' mentality of the 1940s. Quite the contrary: The Japonese used more kamikaze techniques like manned torpedos or such, especially late in the war. Q ships were a concept during WWI, there is even a sub simulation where they play an important role: Shells of Fury, a WWI submarine game.

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propbeanie · 06-06-20, 09:06 AM

Tokusetsu Junyokan

Red Devil · 06-06-20, 09:45 AM

I found another and sank it. thanks prop for that link, but its not the same one, I dont think. Both were in convoys

propbeanie · 06-06-20, 10:29 AM

They were used individually as "commerce raiders", like the Germans did, but also as convoy escorts. Most were rather later in the war, some too late to participate. In that link are the individual ships, which have ship movements, some rather detailed. of what they did, and when and where they were. Some records are not as complete as others, and most of those are as complete as say for a carrier...

Red Devil · 06-06-20, 10:49 AM

The dates I sank both were June 1943 N and NE of Borneo. The first one shelled me as soon as I spotted it 10k yards away. I ran like hell then came back around to where I anticipated it would be, and there it was.

06-06-20, 08:19 AM	#2
XenonSurf Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Germany, Italy Posts: 1,721 Downloads: 107 Uploads: 4	Maybe yes if I go through historical papers, but I don't think so. This didn't fit Japonese 'Imperial' mentality of the 1940s. Quite the contrary: The Japonese used more kamikaze techniques like manned torpedos or such, especially late in the war. Q ships were a concept during WWI, there is even a sub simulation where they play an important role: Shells of Fury, a WWI submarine game. XS Last edited by XenonSurf; 06-07-20 at 06:01 AM.

06-06-20, 09:06 AM	#3
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 10,130 Downloads: 452 Uploads: 4	Tokusetsu Junyokan __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayers" - Jimbuna

06-06-20, 10:29 AM	#5
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 10,130 Downloads: 452 Uploads: 4	They were used individually as "commerce raiders", like the Germans did, but also as convoy escorts. Most were rather later in the war, some too late to participate. In that link are the individual ships, which have ship movements, some rather detailed. of what they did, and when and where they were. Some records are not as complete as others, and most of those are as complete as say for a carrier... __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayers" - Jimbuna

06-06-20, 10:49 AM	#6
Red Devil The Old Man Join Date: May 2004 Location: Sutton Coldfield England Posts: 1,541 Downloads: 305 Uploads: 0	The dates I sank both were June 1943 N and NE of Borneo. The first one shelled me as soon as I spotted it 10k yards away. I ran like hell then came back around to where I anticipated it would be, and there it was. __________________ > > Captain!, there's a destroyer on the por........ periscope is flooded Sir! > Darkness is only the absence of Light; Ignorance is only the absence of knowledge © www.worldwartwo.uk www.captainwalker.uk