A classic.
Then again, maybe that just makes me old...
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...so am I. And, wait fer it, we're gettin' older too! And after doin' that for as many
years as possible we DIE!!! Who in his/her right mind woulda set things up like
that?!!?
Ahh, well, watcha gonna do, huh? Tis best to just enjoy it, ya know? Oh, and I
agree with you. Mr. Llewelyn was the best Q. I kinda liked John Cleese's version
of him too but Llewelyn was the best.
years as possible we DIE!!! Who in his/her right mind woulda set things up like
that?!!?
Ahh, well, watcha gonna do, huh? Tis best to just enjoy it, ya know? Oh, and I
agree with you. Mr. Llewelyn was the best Q. I kinda liked John Cleese's version
of him too but Llewelyn was the best.
Q is a quintessential part of the James Bond Mythos that endures to this day.
If you have ever seen the massive size of a battleship, you would realize that it is impossible to disguise it as a merchant ship.... Q-ships were heavily armed merchantmen with concealed weapons used in both WW1 and WW2
Q ships were merchants that were armed and armoured. They were meant to lure U Boats to the surface, where they would think they could attack with their deck guns. Instead the tables would be turned. But they weren't purpose built for battle.
taken over by the navy during construction and beefed up to stand up to some serious combat as they were intended to sail with the convoys to take on merchant raiders in a stand up fight. They used the half built merchant hulls as they needed to look like merchant ships, but gave them better engines, more compartments and some side armour.
The original q-ships were armed merchantmen designed to take out submarines, but when they built the anti-raider ships they also gave them the Q designation.
Then you also get the DEMS as well in WW2 - Defence Equipped Merchant Ships, essential a merchant-ship with a gun or two mounted on it, usually on the stern . The Q-ships were Naval vessels and no cargo while the DEMS were merchant vessels with a navy gun crew on board and a full cargo.
The original q-ships were armed merchantmen designed to take out submarines, but when they built the anti-raider ships they also gave them the Q designation.
Then you also get the DEMS as well in WW2 - Defence Equipped Merchant Ships, essential a merchant-ship with a gun or two mounted on it, usually on the stern . The Q-ships were Naval vessels and no cargo while the DEMS were merchant vessels with a navy gun crew on board and a full cargo.
The Q ships were those that pretended to be merchant ships, with hidden guns, and not flying the Naval ensign(until ready to fire). They didn't travel with convoys, they travelled alone, since a U boat wouldn't fear them, and would not waste a torpedo on them.
There were also armed merchant cruisers, merchant ships that were refitted, sailed with convoys etc.
The Germans also took merchant ships and made "Q" like ships, that could pass as merchants but who were armed liked cruisers. The Kormoran was the most famous of these, managing to sink an Australian light cruiser. They even had scout planes, and torpedo tubes.
There were also armed merchant cruisers, merchant ships that were refitted, sailed with convoys etc.
The Germans also took merchant ships and made "Q" like ships, that could pass as merchants but who were armed liked cruisers. The Kormoran was the most famous of these, managing to sink an Australian light cruiser. They even had scout planes, and torpedo tubes.
You've probably heard of a electronic musical instrument called a "Theremin". It was named for its inventor, a Russian named Lev Termin, who Gallicized his name to "Leo Theremin" while he was living in France, during which time he invented the instrument. He returned to the USSR and was drafted by the secret police (I don't quite recall which name it was going by at the time) and, in time, he became the chief gadgetmaker for the organization which most of us recall under the initials "KGB".
This trivia seemed incomplete. So "Q" is named after "Q branch", which was in turn named after "Q-ships". So what does the "Q" stand for? According to Wikipedia, it stands for "Queensland, Ireland", the home port of those ships.
you said "According to Wikipedia, it stands for "Queensland, Ireland", the home port of those ships. "
The article actually says Queenstown, Ireland.
The article actually says Queenstown, Ireland.
Bond: *picks up sandwich*
Q: *quickly grabs it* "Don't touch that!..... That's my lunch!"
Q: *quickly grabs it* "Don't touch that!..... That's my lunch!"
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