Front matter
Reading edition
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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 THE FORE 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-house on 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 DURING THE STRENUOUS YEARS OF THE SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN, WHO BY HIS ENCOURAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE Q-SHIP SERVICE DID SO MUCH TO THWART THE OPERATIONS OF THE ENEMY AND TO PROTECT OUR MERCANTILE MARINE