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A '''Q-ship''' is a decoy vessel disguised as a merchant or non-military ship, but actually bearing concealed weapons. Q-ships were used by the British in [[World War I]] and [[World War II]] to lure and occasionally destroy German [[U-
A Q-ship would typically ply the merchant shipping lanes, clearly marked as a civilian vessel, and occasionally flying neutral colors. When a U-boat surfaced to fire upon the ship, the Q-ship crew would run up the white ensign and open fire on the enemy submarine. Unfortunately, this tactic met with only partial success. Often, submarines would torpedo the ships from a distance, or approach them so cautiously as to negate the Q-ships advantage.
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http://www.ku.edu/~kansite/ww_one/naval/ub4.htm
I've corrected the [[U-boats]] link to [[U-boat]]s, to link to the [[U-boat]] entry, in the above, as I assume that must be where it should link to. [[User:Silverfish|Silverfish]] 20:31, 11 Feb 2004 (UTC)
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