HMS Farnborough

History
United Kingdom
Name	Loderer
Builder	John Priestman & Co., Sunderland
Launched	5 December 1903
Fate	Requisitioned by the Royal Navy in 1915 and converted to Q-ship
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Farnborough
Namesake	Farnborough
Commissioned	1915
In service	1915-1919
Fate	Sold 1919 Scrapped 1928
General characteristics
Type	Q-ship
Tonnage	3,207 GRT
Propulsion	steam turbines
Speed	11 knots
Armament	2 × QF 6 pounder Nordenfelt 5 × 12-pounder 1 × Maxim gun

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.