Commerce raiders

[Fallschirmjager]

I have noticed references to people converting AKs and APs to commerce raiders.
I cannot find this designation or where this is done?
What am I missing?

[janushm]

not commerce raiders.... Qships.

heavily armed merchants that seem like a easy target for the sub commander. submarine engages on the surface and gets hammerd

[Fallschirmjager]

ORIGINAL: janushm

not commerce raiders.... Qships.

heavily armed merchants that seem like a easy target for the sub commander. submarine engages on the surface and gets hammerd

I saw some refer to the term as 'commerce raiders'

[DuckofTindalos]

Well, then they were misinformed. The purpose of a Q-ship is to fight submarines...

[Bradley7735]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Well, then they were misinformed. The purpose of a Q-ship is to fight submarines...

Q-ships can also take on a true commerce raider in the hopes that they damage it and save the remainder of the convoy. Of course, a commerce raider will be more of a match for a Q-ship. But, it's still better to lose one Q-ship than 6 AK's.

[DuckofTindalos]

True, true...

[Drex]

Okay, but how do you do the conversions and where?

[DuckofTindalos]

Same as in WitP: Osaka/Kobe or Mare Island. Standard large AK-to-whatever conversion.

[Drex]

Mare Island, huh. I haven't had time to read the manual. I looked for the conversion in one of the US ports but It wasn't that one . Thanks

[Tankerace]

Aks can be converted to BOTH Q ships and Commerce raiders. The commerce raider conversion is "Qship (ML)" (from way back when). The Q ship retains the AK designation, whereas a commerce raider in effect becomes a cheap (and lightly armed) cruiser. Commerce Raiders/Auxilliary Cruisers are for hunting down Q ships, AKs, APs, and smaller craft, Q ships are for bashing submarines.

[Fallschirmjager]

AH!

I thought ML was minelayer [:o]

[Tankerace]

That is what it was, but I decided to beef it up into a raider.