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Q Ship Commanders
Q Ship Commanders
This community seeks to identify the commanders of Q Ships; these were heavily armed (albeit with concealed weaponry) merchant ships designed to lure submarines into surface attacks and then attempt to sink them.
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Born 1887
Died 1970
Royal Navy Royal Naval Division
Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Royal Navy Lieutenant RNVR - Q-Ship "Hobbyhawk" (Telesia)
More about Hildebrand Wolfe Harvey -
Born 1891
Died 1964
Royal Navy Commander Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 366390 Officers Steward 2nd Class HMS Spanker
Royal Navy 366390 Officers Steward 3rd Class HMS Spanker
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More about Harold Auten -
Born 1887
Died 1952
Royal Navy Naval Cadet
Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Hannibal
Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant
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More about William Penrose Mark-Wardlaw -
Born 1886
Died 1953
Royal Navy Commander
Royal Navy Naval Cadet
Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Prince George
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More about Gordon Campbell -
Born 1891
Died 1949
Other Empire Force 1st Mate Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)
Royal Navy 197 Lieutenant (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve
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More about Cedric Naylor -
Born 1874
Died 1946
Royal Navy Commander HMS Q-7 (Penshurst)
Royal Navy Captain HMS Q-7 (Penshurst)
More about Francis Henry Grenfell -
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Born 1874
Died 1917
Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander HMS BEGONIA (Q10)
More about Basil Stratford Noake -
Born 1884
Royal Navy Naval Cadet Britannia
Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Jupiter
Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant
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More about Salisbury Hamilton Simpson -
Born 1883
Died 1917
Royal Navy Acting Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Prize (Q Ship)
Royal Navy Lieutenant-Commander Royal Naval Reserve H.M.S. "Prize." (Q Ship)
More about William Edward Sanders -
Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy Temporary Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve
More about Frederick Henry Peterson -
Born 1882
Royal Navy Commander
Royal Navy Lieutenant-Commander
Royal Navy Captain
More about Maurice Baldwin Raymond Blackwood -
Born 1883
Died 1917
Royal Navy Naval Cadet
Royal Navy Midshipman
Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant
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More about William Wybrow Hallwright -
Born 1883
Died 1917
Royal Navy Lieutenant
Royal Navy Naval Cadet Britannia
Royal Navy Midshipman
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More about Leopold Arthur Bernays -
Born 1884
Royal Navy Lieutenant-Commander
Royal Navy Naval Cadet Britannia
Royal Navy Midshipman
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More about Clive Neville Rolfe -
Born 1852
Died 1939
Royal Navy Admiral
Royal Navy Captain (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve
More about John Locke Marx -
Born 1882
Royal Navy Commander
Royal Navy Lieutenant-Commander
Royal Navy Captain
More about Robert Charles Cator Smart -
Born 1880
Died 1917
Royal Navy Commander Royal Australian Navy, HMAS Pioneer
Royal Navy Midshipman Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant
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More about Thomas Wyburn Biddlecombe -
Born 1882
Died 1956
Royal Navy Naval Cadet
Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Barfleur
Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant HMS Barfleur
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More about Basil John Douglas Guy -
Born 1892
Died 1943
Royal Navy Commander
Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant
Royal Navy Lieutenant
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More about Philip John Mack