[The Munster]

Originally Posted by _Seth_

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower_class_corvette

Flower class:

Displacement: 940 tons (980 tons revised) Length: 205 ft (208 ft revised) Beam: 33 ft Draught: 11.5 ft Propulsion: 2 fire tube boilers, one 4-cycle triple-expansion steam engine Speed: 16 knots at 2,750 hp Range: 3,500 nautical miles at 12 knots (6,500 km at 22 km/h) Complement: 85 men (revised - 109 men ) Armament: 1939–1941

• 1 x 4-in (102-mm) BL Mk IX gun,
• two .50-caliber (12.7-mm) twin machine guns,
• two Lewis .303-calibre (7.7-mm) machine guns,
• two stern depth charge racks with 40 depth charges

Revised 1941–1944

• • 1 x 4 in (102-mm) BL Mk IX gun,
• One 2-pounder (40-mm) "pom-pom"
• Six x 20-mm Oerlikonanti-aircraft guns
• Two Hedgehog A/S Mortar
• Depth charge projectores
• From http://ahoy.tk-jk.net/macslog/TheBat...oyONS5.26.html
• The class was easy to construct, with a single screw, but above all they could be rolled out from non Naval Yards across the United Kingdom. In all, some 221 Flower Class or Modified Flower Class Corvettes came off the slipways in UK and Canada, alas only one of this breed remains today, launched in 1941, HMCS Sackville, now fully restored, is on display at Halifax in Nova Scotia, the port of departure for so many east bound convoys over 1939- 1945. These little ships, with a relatively short length of 205/208 feet, had a small turning circle, and eventually carried up to 50 depth charges, had a long range of 3,850 miles at 12 knots on only 213 tons of oil fuel, very economical.

I tricked a Flower Corvette and sunk it with my Deck Gun; I think they must have been Drunk and had extra crates of beer onboard as the tonnage came out at 1250. Don't get much renown for this though for what's involved.

Tip of the day.. If you have to take on a nasty ship on the surface in the middle of the night.. take out the guns first [forget about hitting below the waterline until later]. Once the guns have been blown up into the sky [great sight !] the ship is dead in the water !