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Notes on Gunnery for Defensively Armed Merchant Vessels, Trawlers and Drifters 1918

Notes on Gunnery for Defensively Armed Merchant Vessels, Trawlers and Drifters 1918

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Naval HistoryWeaponry & VehiclesWorld War I

ISBN10: 1783313757
ISBN13: 9781783313754
Publisher: Naval & Military Press
Published: Jan 25 2018
Pages: 54
Weight: 0.12
Height: 0.11 Width: 5.00 Depth: 7.00
Language: English
During the Great War the UK blockaded Germany and armed its merchant ships to help defend them against U-boats. A single stern gun, equivalent to what a submarine might carry, was mounted, and civilian captains were encouraged to flee and shoot back from their more stable gun platform. 766 civilian ships had been armed by December 1915, and rose to 2,899 by February 1917. Arming of merchant ships pushed Germany away from prize rules towards unrestricted submarine warfare.

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