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Originally Posted by PanicEnsues

What about the Flower-class corvette?

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-Scott

The HMCS Sackville is the only surviving Flower Class Corvette in the world and differs slightly from her British counterparts. "...Hedgehog ASW mortars, and a heavier depth charge load." Sackville has been meticulously restored to her late war 1944 fit, and carries the aforementioned enhancements. Sackville's depth charge rails and smoke generators(photo) http://www.steelnavy.com/Sackville.htm Generally Flower class corvettes modified later in the war carried one hedgehog ASW mortar; 4 MKII (K gun)depth charge mortars and two depth charge rails with 70 depth charges total-30 more than originally planned. Oddly as with the destroyer storage: "Extra depth-charge storage racks were fitted at the stern. Later, more depth charges stowed along walkways." NOT below deck! "Thirty-six ships in the class were lost during World War II, many due to enemy action, some to collision with Allied warships and merchant ships. One, sunk in shallow water, was raised and repaired. Of the vessels lost to enemy action, 22 were torpedoed by U-boats, five were mined, and four were sunk by enemy aircraft. The Flower-class corvettes are credited with participating in the sinking of 47 German and four Italian submarines.
The Flower-class represented fully half of all Allied convoy escort vessels in the North Atlantic during World War II." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower-class_corvette Of some die-hard interest: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_charge note reloads storage.