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The decoy ship that almost killed a U-boat

In March 1942, the U.S. Navy sent USS Atik to sea as a disguised merchant ship, hoping to lure a German submarine to the ...
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Q-Ship increases offshore fleet

03 April 2004DOHA - Qatar Shipping Company (Q-Ship), has recently increased its fully-owned offshore fleet to seven vessels with the arrival of its new 55-tonne tanker berthing assistance tug, 'Wassit ...
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Russia’s ‘Dark Fleet’ ploy is a modern adaption of an old tactic

The Russians appear to have learned a variation of a maritime ploy – to hide a ship’s mission capability – first used by the British during World War I. German submarines, known as U-boats, proved ...
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Q Ships

During World War I, the British navy disguised some of its warships as civilian cargo ships, known as Q Ships, in order to fool the Germans. German U-boat commander Capt. Von Haag spots one of these ...
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Top-secret operations of Surrey hero remembered at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

Harold Auten spent most of his time in the War in the murky world of Q-Ships, secretly combatting the fearsome submarines of the German Imperial Navy. During the War, Germany had set their sights on ...