Courage under Fire

The U boats destroyed 44 Q ships, unfortunately some sunk without a trace. But some good news eventually came to the British as the Q ships destroyed 15 enemy boats as many other submarines were having to limp back to port for repairs. But again the downside of the Q boats had sustained critical and damaging loses. In WW1 there was about 70 battles between the Q and U boats. The most confrontational battle that they fought was off the Devon coast, which involved the HMS Stock Force in 1918. Unfortunately the boat was hit and fatally sunk in Bigbury Bay by the opposing U boat after luring the German vessel to the surface.