armed majesty armed fishing converted ship world war ships served lure german submarines near concealed weapons brought bear sink submarines august succeeded german submarine range sinking shots gun command vessel received members crew shared bounty offered german submarines ship career ended returned fishing sunk february career fishing tons fishing fleet suffolk coast wooden boat flush deck masts engine sails fore aft rigged red colour traditional sail colour british february germany began submarine offensive world war campaign enemy vessels german defined war zone german encompassed waters united_kingdom sunk british fishing fleet exempt mid june example german submarine sunk day period method devised deal boat attacks ship designed lure submarines targeting merchant shipping close concealed guns weapons sink selected ship outfitted pounder pounder gun entered service royal_navy august fishing crew temporarily inducted section gunner gunners torpedo boat operating assigned command august ton stopped boat boarded sunk explosives nautical miles east northeast attack likely operating area fourteenth patrol regardless identity attacker approach group vicinity day commander fishing vessels disguised surfaced near gross conning tower began shouting commands crew german waiting closed yards ordered white ensign raised gave command open fire burst rounds weapon scored hits conning tower second shot destroying bridge sending gross water helm drifted clear gunner shots hull point blank range small arms fire crew submarine boat began going bow nearly vertical disappearing surface fishing man named phillips attempt rescue phillips unable reach went met fate gross crewmen went nets deployed appearance real fishing boat essentially place ship crew having wireless set board sent word encounter followed releasing messenger following morning requesting instructions thought boat rejected nets cut freeing sink wreck lies position november awarded sinking crewmen split submarine bounty paid admiralty weeks sank opportunity sink boat unsuccessful boat encountered sank fishing vessels area september ended short lived ship career returned fishing boat addition subsequently specially promoted lieutenant january war service retired royal_navy october february german submarine shelled sank nautical miles position reported casualties
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