Editing Q-ship (section)

===United Kingdom===
Nine Q-ships were commissioned by the [[Royal Navy]] in September and October 1939 for work in the North Atlantic:<ref name="Lenton, H.T 1968, p. 279">Lenton, H.T. and Colledge, J.J.: ''British and Dominion Warships of World War II'', 1968, p. 279</ref>

* 610-ton HMS ''Chatsgrove'' (X85) ex-Royal Navy {{sclass2|P|sloop|1}} PC-74 built 1918
* 5,072-ton HMS ''Maunder'' (X28) ex-''King Gruffyd'' built 1919
* 4,443-ton HMS ''Prunella'' (X02) ex-''Cape Howe'' built 1930
* 5,119-ton [[SS Lambridge|HMS ''Lambridge'']] (X15) ex-''Botlea'' built 1917
* 4,702-ton HMS ''Edgehill'' (X39) ex-''Willamette Valley'' built 1928
* 5,945-ton HMS ''Brutus'' (X96) ex-''City of Durban'' built 1921
* 4,398-ton HMS ''Cyprus'' (X44) ex-''Cape Sable'' built 1936
* 1,030-ton HMS ''Looe'' (X63) ex-''Beauty'' built 1924
* 1,090-ton HMS ''Antoine'' (X72) ex-''Orchy'' built 1930

''Prunella'' and ''Edgehill'' were torpedoed and sunk on 21 and 29 June 1940 without even sighting a U-boat. The rest of the vessels were paid off in March 1941 without successfully accomplishing any mission.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Marder, Arthur|title=The Influence of History on Sea Power: The Royal Navy and the Lessons of 1914–1918|journal=The Pacific Historical Review|volume=41|date=November 1972| issue=4 |pages=413–443| doi=10.2307/3638394 |jstor=3638394}}</ref>

The last Royal Navy Q-ship, 2,456-ton {{HMS|Fidelity|D57|6}}, was converted in September, 1940, to carry a torpedo defense net, four {{convert|4|in|adj=on}} guns, four torpedo tubes, two [[OS2U Kingfisher]] floatplanes, and [[Motor Torpedo Boat]] 105.  ''Fidelity'' sailed with a French crew, and was sunk by {{GS|U-435||2}} on 30 December 1942 during the battle for [[Convoy ON-154]].<ref name="Lenton, H.T 1968, p. 279"/>