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Summary

Some of the crew of HMS Penshurst, in a mixture of naval and Q-ship disguise. From Q-Ships and Their Story by E. Keble-Chatterton published by SIDGWICK AND JACKSON, LTD. in London in 1922.

Immediate source: http://www.hellenicaworld.com/Military/Literature/EdwardKebleChatterton/en/QShips.html

Original caption:

Men of the Q ship “Penshurst”

The ship’s gunlayers and carpenter. The man in the centre wearing service uniform was the gunlayer of the bridge 6-pounder who was killed in the action of January 14, 1917. The others are wearing their Q-ship “rig.”

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