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Originally Posted by Zosimus
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I've learned a bit in the last seven years. I also didn't have the WW2 Conway's at that time. I also spoke of corvettes and sloops. And I spoke from memory.
Today I pulled my copy of Conway's of the shelf and looked. You, on the other hand, said "I believe..." Do you now have better knowledge?
But now that the sun has come up and I have light to read by, I'll bite.
'A' & 'B' classes: Early on likely had none. When converted for escort duty in 1940 carried 125.
'C' & 'D' classes: As above, later still fitted with Hedgehog.
'E' & 'F' classes: As above.
'G', 'H' & 'I' classes: As above, except most 'I' class ships became minelayers.
'Tribal' class: As built carried 30 DCs, later increased to 46.
'J', 'K' & 'N' classes: As 'G', 'H' & 'I'. Remember that these were all pre-war ships and were not originally meant for ASW work. The last of these classes were finished in 1939 and 1940, and carried 125 DCs from the outset.
'L' & 'M' classes: 110 DCs in 4"-gunned ships, and 45 in 4.7"-gunned ships.
Later classes were finished in 1941 and later, and usually carried either 70 or 130 DCs, depending on intended use.
Hunt class escorts typically carried 60 DCs
Pre-war sloops only carried 15 DCs, but this was upgraded to 30, 40 and finally 60.
'Flower' class corvettes started off with 40 DCs, later increased to 72.
Most ships built during the war carried 72 for corvettes, with 150 or more on destroyers.