 "Kamikaze Maru", "Nihonkai Maru", "Shinsho Maru" and "Shuri Maru" were requisitioned from civilian service as depot ships for Japanese Motor Torpedo Boats.and the French ships "Courbet", "Paris", "Coucy" and "Diligente" were used as depot ships for vessels patrolling the English Channel after the Second Armistice at Compiègne.HMS BrilliantHMS Brilliant (1891) was based at Lerwick, Shetland Islands, in July 1917 as a depot ship for trawlers and patrol boats.