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Q-SHIPS AND THEIR STORY
BOOKS ON THE SEA BY
E. KEBLE CHATTERTON
HISTORICAL
SAILING SHIPS AND THEIR STORY
SHIPS AND WAYS OF OTHER DAYS
FORE AND AFT: THE STORY OF THEFORE AND AFT RIG
STEAMSHIPS AND THEIR STORY
THE ROMANCE OF THE SHIP
THE STORY OF THE BRITISH NAVY
KING’s CUTTERS AND SMUGGLERS
THE ROMANCE OF PIRACY
THE OLD EAST INDIAMEN
CRUISES
DOWN CHANNEL IN THE “VIVETTE”
THROUGH HOLLAND IN THE“VIVETTE”
Q-sailing ship “Mitchell”
This was one of the most famous of all the Q-ships and rendered splendid service. The dummy deck-houseon the poop concealed the after gun (see p. 67).
Frontispiece.
Q-SHIPS AND THEIR
STORY
BY
E. KEBLE CHATTERTON
AUTHOR OF “SAILING SHIPS AND THEIR STORY,”
LATE LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER R.N.V.R.
LONDON
SIDGWICK AND JACKSON, LTD.
3, ADAM STREET, ADELPHI, W.C.
1922
TO
ADMIRAL SIR LEWIS BAYLY,
C.V.O., K.C.B., K.C.M.G.,
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE IRISH COAST DURINGTHE STRENUOUS YEARS OF THE SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN,WHO BY HIS ENCOURAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENTOF THE Q-SHIP SERVICE DID SO MUCH TO THWARTTHE OPERATIONS OF THE ENEMY AND TO PROTECTOUR MERCANTILE MARINE
PREFACE
The wonderful and brave story of ships and men here presentedneeds but the briefest introduction. The deeds willforever remain one of the most glorious chapters in the chroniclesof the sea. No excuse is offered for adding another volume tothe literature of the war, for the subject is deserving of greaterattention than has hitherto been possible. Lord Jellicoe onceremarked that he did not think English people realized thewonderful work which these mystery ships had done in the war,and that in these vessels there had been displayed a spirit ofendurance, discipline, and courag