Result ( schooner ) Result is a three - masted cargo schooner built in Carrickfergus in 1893 . She was a working ship until 1967 , and served for a short time in the Royal Navy as a Q - ship during World War I . She currently rests on land at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum , and in 1996 was added to the National Register of Historic Vessels . Ship history . The ship was ordered from the Paul Rodgers & Co . yard in Carrickfergus , Northern Ireland , by the shipping company Thomas Ashburner & Co . , based in Barrow . The ship was laid down in early 1892 , but financial problems forced Rodgers to sell his yard to Robert Kent & Co . of Ayr , before she was complete , and Kent & Co . finally launched the ship in January 1893 . The design was a collaboration between Paul Rodgers , Richard Ashburner and Capt . Robert Wright , and in consequence she was named the " Result " . " Result " was operated by the Ashburner company until 1909 , when she was sold for £1 , 100 to Capt . Henry Clarke of Braunton , North Devon . In March 1914 a 45 bhp single - cylinder Kromhout auxiliary engine was fitted . In January 1917 " Result " was requisitioned by the Royal Navy to act as a Q - ship with the pennant number Q23 . She was armed with two 12 - pounder guns forward and aft of the mainmast , a 6 - pounder gun forward , and two fixed 14 - inch torpedo tubes aft . The crew of 23 were commanded by Lieutenant Philip Mack RN , and the second - in - command was Lt . George Muhlhauser RNR . The usual procedure for U - boat s attacking small merchant ships was to surface and fire a warning shot , then allow the crew to abandon ship before closing and sinking it with shellfire from her deck gun . The Q - ships would simulate the abandoning of the ship by a small " panic party " , and allow the U - boat to approach before raising the White Ensign and opening fire with her concealed weapons . On 15 March 1917 , " Result " was on her first patrol , sailing off the south end of the Dogger Bank , under the flag of the neutral Netherlands , when she spotted the German submarine on the surface astern about two miles off . The " UC - 45 " approached to 2 , 000 yards before opening fire . The " panic party " of five men rowed away in a small boat , leaving the seemingly abandoned vessel to the Germans . However the submarine , wary of deception , closed to no more 1 , 000 yards , keeping up a steady and rather inaccurate fire . " Result " sustained some damage to her sails and rigging , and eventually Mack gave the order to attack , and the aft 12 - pounder hit the submarine in the conning tower with its first shot . The 6 - pounder also hit the submarine , but it then dived , and the 12 - pounders second shot missed . " Result " then headed for the English coast , but that night encountered another German U - boat . " Result " fired a torpedo , which missed , and both vessels opened fire , to little effect , before the submarine dived . For his actions Lt . Mack received a mention in despatches . On her next patrol " Result " was disguised as a Swedish vessel under the name " Dag " . At 4 a . m . on 5 April she spotted a U - boat on the surface near the Noord Hinder Light off Vlissingen . The submarine dived and circled the " Result " , who were unaware that they were being photographed . The submarine eventually resurfaced at about 6 , 000 yards and opened fire with her gun . A shell hit " Result " amidships , setting fire to the magazine and injuring two men . " Result " returned fire , but the submarine dived without being hit . She then began to shadow the " Result " , and Mack , fearing an attack by torpedo , dropped a depth charge . The submarine finally fled after several small naval craft approached . " Result " had no further success in attracting submarines , and it was not until several months later that the Navy learned that she had been photographed and identified as a decoy by the Germans . In July 1917 the crew of " Result " were transferred to another Q - ship , and as the Navy could find no other use for her she was returned to her owners in August 1917 . After the war " Result " was employed transporting Welsh slate , sailing from Portmadoc to Antwerp and other ports , and then along the south coast of England . For most of this time she was jointly - owned by Capt . Clarke and Capt . Tom Welch , also of Braunton , but shortly before the outbreak of World War II sole ownership passed to Capt . Welch . During the war she was employed in the Bristol Channel , transporting coal from ports in south Wales . In 1946 she was refitted with a new 120 hp engine . In 1950 she was hired to take part in the filming of " Outcast of the Islands " , directed by Carol Reed , and starring Trevor Howard and Ralph Richardson . She was refitted for her part at Appledore , and filming took place around the Scilly Isles . " Result " returned to her previous trade in January 1951 and , under the ownership of Capt . Peter Welch , was employed up until 1967 , by which time she was the last vessel of her type still in operation . She was at Jersey being converted into a charter yacht when Capt . Welch died , and was laid up at Exeter before eventually being sold by Mrs . Welch to the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum . " Result " sailed to Belfast in late 1970 for some restoration work at the Harland & Wolff shipyard . In 1979 she was transported to the museum ' s site at Cultra where she remains on display . References .