But on this night his Q-ship career came to a sudden stop, though not before everything possible had been done to entrap the enemy. It was one of those cloudy, moonlight, wintry nights with good visibility. As might have been expected under such a captain there was a total absence of confusion; all hands went to their stations, the ‘panic’ party got away in accordance with the best ‘panic’ traditions, while on board the crews remained at their gun stations for five hours, hoping and longing for the submarine to show herself. No such good fortune followed, for the submarine was shy; so just before midnight Commander Hanrahan sent a wireless message to Admiral Bayly at Queenstown, and very shortly afterwards the U.S. destroyer _Cummings_ arrived. At 1 a.m. the tug _Paladin_ took _Santee_ in tow, escorted by four United States destroyers and the two British sloops _Viola_ and _Bluebell_. _Santee_ got safely into port and was sent to Devonport, where she was eventually handed back by the U.S.N. to the British Navy, owing to the time involved in repairs. On June 4, 1918, she was once more recommissioned in the Royal Navy and took the name of _Bendish_, the crew having come from the Q-ship _Starmount_. By this date the conditions of submarine warfare had undergone a modification. In home waters it was only the quite small Q-ships of the coaster type, of about 500 tons, which could be expected to have any chance of successfully engaging a submarine. This class would normally be expected to be seen within the narrow seas, and the enemy would not be so shy. But for such vessels as _Bendish_ and _Pargust_ the most promising sphere was likely to be between Gibraltar and the Azores and the north-west coast of Africa, where German so-called ‘cruiser’ submarines of the _Deutschland_ type were operating. Therefore a special force, based on Gibraltar but operating in the Azores area or wherever submarines were to be expected, was organized, consisting of four Q-ships. These were the _Bendish_ (late _Santee_), Captain Campbell’s former ship _Pargust_ but now named the _Pangloss_, the _Underwing_, and the _Marshfort_, the whole squadron being under the command of Lieut.-Commander Dane in _Bendish_. After being at last ready for sea in May, 1918, _Pangloss_, commanded by Lieutenant Jeffrey, who for his fine work in _Chagford_ had received the D.S.O., had then been assigned to serve under the Vice-Admiral Northern Patrols until she was sent south. [Illustration: Q-SHIP TRANSFORMATION Crew painting funnel while at sea (see pp. 220-1).] [Illustration: Q-SHIP “BARRANCA” AT SEA The look-out man aft is disguised as one of the Mercantile crew. The dummy wheel, dummy sky-light, and dummy deck-house are seen. The latter concealed a 4-inch gun and two 12-pounders. To face p. 234]