CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I.The Hour and the Need[1]
II.The Beginning of Success[13]
III.Q-Ship Enterprise[26]
IV.The Story of the ‘Farnborough’[39]
V.The ‘Mystery’ Sailing Ships[52]
VI.The ‘Mary B. Mitchell’[67]
VII.More Sailing Ships[77]
VIII.Submarines and Q-Ship Tactics[92]
IX.The Splendid ‘Penshurst’[109]
X.Further Developments[132]
XI.The Good Ship ‘Prize’[143]
XII.Ships and Adventures[158]
XIII.More Sailing-Ship Fights[177]
XIV.The Summit of Q-Ship Service[192]
XV.Life on Board a Q-Ship[213]
XVI.Q-Ships Everywhere[228]
XVII.Ships of all Sizes[242]
XVIII.The Last Phase[255]
Index[273]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Q-Sailing-Ship Mitchell[Frontispiece]
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An Early Q-Ship (Antwerp)[6]
Q-Ship Antwerp[6]
Commander S. C. Douglas, R.N.[8]
Commander G. Herbert, D.S.O., R.N.[8]
Q-Ship Antwerp[12]
Gun’s Crew of Q-Ship Antwerp[12]
Q-Ship Redbreast[22]
Q-Ship Baralong[22]
Q-Ship Baralong (Two Illustrations)[28]
Officers of Q-Ship Farnborough[42]
Captain Gordon Campbell and Lieutenant C. G. Bonner[42]
Q-Sailing-Ship Mitchell[68]
Q-Ship Penshurst[114]
Q-Ship Penshurst (Two Illustrations)[116]
Q-Ship Penshurst (Two Illustrations)[120]
Captain and Officers of Q-Ship Penshurst[124]
Men of Q-Ship Penshurst[124]
Q-Ship Tulip[138]
Q-Ship Tamarisk[138]
Q-Ship Candytuft[174]
Q-Ship Candytuft[176]
Q-Sailing-Ship Fresh Hope[188]
Q-Ship Record Reign[188]
Q-Sailing-Ship Rentoul[190]
Q-Sailing-Ship Rentoul (Gun Crew)[190]
The Master of the Collier Farnborough[192]
Q-Ship Farnborough[192]
Q-Ship Farnborough[194]
Q-Ship Farnborough[196]
S.S. Lodorer[196]
Q-Ship Pargust[198]
Q-Ship Sarah Jones[198]
Q-Ship Dunraven[200]
Bridge of Q-Ship Dunraven[202]
After the Battle[204]
Dunraven Doomed[206]
Q-Ship Dunraven[208]
Q-Ship Dunraven[212]
Q-Ship Dunraven[214]
Officers and Crew of the Q-Ship Dunraven[216]
Q-Ship Barranca (Two Illustrations)[220]
Q-Ship Barranca (Two Illustrations)[222]
Q-Ship Transformation[234]
Q-Ship Barranca at Sea[234]

DIAGRAMS, ETC., IN THE TEXT.

FIG. PAGE
1.Action of Baralong on August 19, 1915[21]
2.Action of Baralong on September 24, 1915[27]
3.Action of Margit on January 17, 1916[34]
4.Action of Werribee on February 9, 1916[37]
5.Action of Farnborough on April 15, 1916[45]
6.Action of Helgoland on October 24, 1916[63]
7.Action of Salvia on October 20, 1916[99]
8.Action of Saros on November 3, 1916[103]
9.Action of Penshurst on November 29, 1916[110]
10.Action of Penshurst on November 30, 1916[113]
11.Action of Penshurst on January 14, 1917[118]
12.The Humorous Side of Q-Ship Warfare[127]
13.Farnborough’s Farewell[196]
14.Action of Pargust on June 7, 1917[201]
15.The Great Decision[208]
16.Letter from the First Lord of the Admiralty to Captain Gordon Campbell[210]