I actually changed both the minesweeper and subchaser to type=1 (corvette), reserving the "patrol craft" for the brown water stuff. There is a frigate type as well that will work as an escort.
This allows you to set "generic corvette" and not have those idiotic river/coastal gunboats in the open sea.
The W-13 minesweeper in the game is a decent fill-in for many missing ships between 500-1000 tons. The AI really needs some work, and ramming should pretty well kill the sub, not the escort like it does now.
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