HMS Farnborough

History
United Kingdom
NameLoderer
BuilderJohn Priestman & Co., Sunderland
Launched5 December 1903
FateRequisitioned by the Royal Navy in 1915 and converted to Q-ship
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Farnborough
NamesakeFarnborough
Commissioned1915
In service1915-1919
Fate
  • Sold 1919
  • Scrapped 1928
General characteristics
TypeQ-ship
Tonnage3,207 GRT
Propulsionsteam turbines
Speed11 knots
Armament

HMS Farnborough, also known as (Q-5), was a Q-ship of the British Royal Navy that saw service in the First World War. Farnborough was a heavily armed merchant ship with concealed weaponry that was designed to lure submarines into making surface attacks. Farnborough sank two submarines in her service in the First World War. The first submarine was SM U-68 which involved the first successful use of depth charges. The second submarine was SM U-83, which was sunk on 17 February 1917 in an action for which Captain Gordon Campbell of Farnborough received the Victoria Cross. HMS Farnborough was severely damaged in the action and was beached the same day.