During WW1 the Royal Navy invented a new ship to defend it's merchant vessels against Kaiserlaiche U-boats. The Q-Ship. It is basically a merchant ships filled with buoyant cargo to help it float if it was torpedoed. It was also armed with concealable artillery guns to sink the U-boat once one was spotted. They were then used early ww2 once Hitler invaded Poland. Here is a link if anyone is interested.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-ship
I'm not very good at the values of the ship but I guess it could have more health than a convoy but less than a cruiser/maybe destroyer. The ship would have a high attack value against Subs but not warships and a marginal ability to take on aircraft, since most merchant vessels had AA guns.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-ship
I'm not very good at the values of the ship but I guess it could have more health than a convoy but less than a cruiser/maybe destroyer. The ship would have a high attack value against Subs but not warships and a marginal ability to take on aircraft, since most merchant vessels had AA guns.
British=best. Duh!