under for two hours, examining the ship, until she surfaced off Penshursts bow and commenced shelling. Penshurst replied, but was unable to bring all her guns to bear, as she was down by the stern. She scored some hits, but U-110 submerged again, and, when a Royal Navy submarine chaser arrived around 4 pm, made off, having suffered little damage. Penshurst, however, was seriously damaged, and despite attempts to bring her home, she sank at 8.05 pm. All her crew were successfully removed, though stoker 1st class Albert Brewer died later the same day. Naylor was awarded a second bar to his DSO for this action. Penshurst was one of the Royal Navy's most successful Q-ships, fighting eleven engagements over a two-year period, and destroying two U-boats and damaging several others in that time. Notes References Chatterton, E Keble : Q-Ships and their story. (1922) ISBN (none) Halpern, Paul : A Naval History of World War I (1995) Kemp, Paul : U-Boats Destroyed ( 1997) Messimer, Dwight Find and Destroy (2001) Ritchie, Carson : Q-Ships. (1985) Tarrant, VE : The U-Boat offensive 1914-1945 (1989) Q-ships of the Royal Navy 1906 ships Ships built in Scotland Maritime incidents in 1917 Ships sunk by German submarines in World War I World War I shipwrecks in the Irish Sea