The Mystery Ship: A Story of the 'Q' Ships During the Great War
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About This Book
The Great War changed the face of warfare forever. Advances in technology brought new weapons into every arena in which the war raged. At sea, the the battle moved beneath the waves as well as on top of them. In order to defeat this new threat of submarines, naval officers had to evolve tactics to defeat the invisible hunters below the waves... A tense, terse adventure set during the First World War.
Chapters (76)
- THE MYSTERY SHIP
- THE MYSTERY SHIP
- A STORY OF THE "Q" SHIPS DURING THE GREAT WAR
- PERCY F. WESTERMAN
- CONTENTS
- THE MYSTERY SHIP
- CHAPTER I
- THE TWO SUB-LIEUTENANTS
- CHAPTER II
- ON PATROL
- CHAPTER III
- SUNK IN ACTION
- CHAPTER IV
- THE SPY
- CHAPTER V
- THE PROWESS OF KAPITAN VON PREUGFELD
- CHAPTER VI
- PICKED UP
- CHAPTER VII
- A U-BOAT OF SORTS
- CHAPTER VIII
- VON PREUSSEN'S BLANK DAY
- CHAPTER IX
- HOW THE LIGHTERS FARED
- CHAPTER X
- THE SALVAGE SYNDICATE
- CHAPTER XI
- VON PREUGFELD'S RESOLVE
- CHAPTER XII
- PRISONERS OF WAR
- CHAPTER XIII
- A STRUGGLE FOR LIFE
- CHAPTER XIV
- A DOUBLE DECOY
- CHAPTER XV
- CONFIRMED SUSPICIONS
- CHAPTER XVI
- COVERING HIS TRACKS
- CHAPTER XVII
- MUTINY
- CHAPTER XVIII
- A BIG PROPOSITION
- CHAPTER XIX
- THE TABLES TURNED
- CHAPTER XX
- THE END OF U 247
- CHAPTER XXI
- BLUFFED
- CHAPTER XXII
- ON THE TRAIL
- CHAPTER XXIII
- "PREPARE FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION"
- CHAPTER XXIV
- IN THE HOUR OF HIS TRIUMPH
- CHAPTER XXV
- TRAPPED
- CHAPTER XXVI
- HER LAST BOLT
- CHAPTER XXVII
- BATTERED BUT UNDAUNTED
- CHAPTER XXVIII
- THE HOMECOMING
- CHAPTER XXIX
- WHO FIRED THAT TORPEDO?
- CHAPTER XXX
- A NIGHT OF COINCIDENCES
- CHAPTER XXXI
- THE GREAT SURRENDER
- CHAPTER XXXII
- A NAVY IMPOTENT
- CHAPTER XXXIII
- THE RELIEF VESSEL
- CHAPTER XXXIV
- THE SCUTTLING
- CHAPTER XXXV
- WHAT THEY FOUGHT FOR
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