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The British anti-submarine yacht HMS Tuscarora during World War II. It had been built in 1897 as a luxury steam yacht.
An armed yacht was a yacht that was armed with weapons and was typically in the service of a navy. The word "yacht" ("hunter"; Dutch "jacht";[1] German "jagd",[2] literally meaning "to hunt") was originally applied to small, fast and agile naval vessels suited to piracy and to employment by navies and coast guards against smugglers and pirates. Vessels of this type were adapted to racing by wealthy owners. The origin of civilian yachts as naval vessels, with their speed and maneuverability, made them useful for adaptation to their original function as patrol vessels. In the United States Navy armed yachts were typically private yachts expropriated for government use in times of war. Armed yachts served as patrol vessels during the Spanish–American War and the World Wars. In the latter conflicts, armed yachts were used as patrol vessels, convoy escorts, and in anti-submarine duties. In the United States, yachts were purchased from their owners with the owners given an option to repurchase their yacht at the close of hostilities.
An armedyacht was a yacht that was armed with weapons and was typically in the service of a navy. The word "yacht" ("hunter"; Dutch "jacht"; German "jagd"...
Navy as an armedyacht during the Second World War. The vessel was built in 1937 by Camper and Nicholsons in Gosport, Hampshire as a luxury yacht for Thomas...
and was later promoted to Lieutenant. As executive officer aboard the armedyacht USS Aphrodite he saw service escorting convoys and was aboard when she...
An armed merchantman is a merchant ship equipped with guns, usually for defensive purposes, either by design or after the fact. In the days of sail, piracy...
became part of Maritime Command (MARCOM), as an element of the Canadian Armed Forces. HMCS Bonaventure (CVL 22) (Majestic class) HMCS Magnificent (CVL...
marine artists. The earliest known illustration of a schooner depicts a yacht owned by the mayors (Dutch: burgemeesters) of Amsterdam, drawn by the Dutch...
Zoodohos Pigi. In the latter part of the war she spent a year as an armedyacht in the United States Navy. Fleming and Ferguson built Zara at Paisley...
Merchant raiders are armed commerce raiding ships that disguise themselves as non-combatant merchant vessels. Germany used several merchant raiders early...
fact. In the days of sail, piracy and privateers. Armedyachts were modified yachts that were armed with weapons and were typically in the service of...
sole survivor. Johansen reports that the Emma was attacked by a heavily armedyacht named the Alert. The crewmen of the Emma killed those aboard the Alert...
It was shorter than ideal for oceangoing convoy escort work, too lightly armed for antiaircraft defense, and the ships were barely faster than the merchantmen...
Sunk Adjader France Dredger 1900 414 1 0 HMY Adventuress Royal Navy Armedyacht 1898 322 1 85 HMS Aegir Royal Navy Dutch coaster 1939 277 Lt. William...
Episkopos, Mark (19 December 2021). "South Korea Dreams of Aircraft Carriers Armed With Stealth Fighters". Retrieved 20 June 2022. Also in the works is a 5...
marketed as novelty tourist attractions and as specialised tenders for wealthy yacht owners. Also, a growing number of amateur submariners homebuild submersibles...
Illinois, US Ambler (surname) HMCS Ambler (Q11), a Royal Canadian Navy armedyacht during the Second World War Village of Euclid, Ohio v. Ambler Realty...
then-American-controlled Philippines where they were interned by the United States. The armedyacht (classified as a cruiser) Almaz, alone was able to reach Vladivostok...
Navy called its battleships Linienschiffe until World War I). The heavily armed carrack, first developed in Portugal for either trade or war in the Atlantic...
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