Divers recently discovered the wreck of a German submarine and the Royal Navy Q-ship that sank it in February 1917 Sean Kingsley - History Correspondent Diver Chris de Putron inspects the wreck of the ...

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 ...

“The Q-ship ruse worked only when the U-boats were constrained by having to surface, properly identify the target and allow the crew to abandon ship.” Overnight, the decoy ships’ tactics had to change ...