Prince Charles (Q ship)

Career
Name:	HMS Prince Charles
General characteristics
Type:	Q-ship
Displacement:	270 long tons (274 t)

HMS Prince Charles was a collier converted to a Q-Ship of the Royal Navy during World War I. On 24 July 1915 off the Hebrides, Prince Charles , commanded by Lieutenant Mark Wardlaw,^[1] sank the German submarine SM U-36. The sinking was the first by a Q-Ship working alone without the assistance of a British submarine.^[2]

References

1. ↑ "U-Boats in World War I: 3. Escalation". uboat.net. Retrieved 5 March 2015. 
2. ↑ "British Special Service or Q-Ships". World War 1 At Sea.