Q-Ship _Tamarisk_ 138 Q-Ship _Candytuft_ 174 Q-Ship _Candytuft_ 176 Q-Sailing-Ship _Fresh Hope_ 188 Q-Ship _Record Reign_ 188 Q-Sailing-Ship _Rentoul_ 190 Q-Sailing-Ship _Rentoul_ (Gun Crew) 190 The Master of the Collier _Farnborough_ 192 Q-Ship _Farnborough_ 192 Q-Ship _Farnborough_ 194 Q-Ship _Farnborough_ 196 S.S. _Lodorer_ 196 Q-Ship _Pargust_ 198 Q-Ship _Sarah Jones_ 198 Q-Ship _Dunraven_ 200 Bridge of Q-Ship _Dunraven_ 202 After the Battle 204 _Dunraven_ Doomed 206 Q-Ship _Dunraven_ 208 Q-Ship _Dunraven_ 212 Q-Ship _Dunraven_ 214 Officers and Crew of the Q-Ship _Dunraven_ 216 Q-Ship _Barranca_ (Two Illustrations) 220 Q-Ship _Barranca_ (Two Illustrations) 222 Q-Ship Transformation 234 Q-Ship _Barranca_ at Sea 234 DIAGRAMS, ETC., IN THE TEXT. FIG. PAGE 1. Action of _Baralong_ on August 19, 1915 21 2. Action of _Baralong_ on September 24, 1915 27 3. Action of _Margit_ on January 17, 1916 34 4. Action of _Werribee_ on February 9, 1916 37 5. Action of _Farnborough_ on April 15, 1916 45 6. Action of _Helgoland_ on October 24, 1916 63 7. Action of _Salvia_ on October 20, 1916 99 8. Action of _Saros_ on November 3, 1916 103 9. Action of _Penshurst_ on November 29, 1916 110 10. Action of _Penshurst_ on November 30, 1916 113 11. Action of _Penshurst_ on January 14, 1917 118 12. The Humorous Side of Q-Ship Warfare 127 13. _Farnborough’s_ Farewell 196 14. Action of _Pargust_ on June 7, 1917 201 15. The Great Decision 208 16. Letter from the First Lord of the Admiralty to Captain Gordon Campbell 210 ‘The necessitie of a Historie is, as of a Sworne Witnesse, to say the truth (in just discretion) and nothing but the truth.’ SAMUEL PURCHAS in ‘_Purchas His Pilgrimes_,’ 1625. Q-SHIPS AND THEIR STORY CHAPTER I THE HOUR AND THE NEED