Number of DC carried

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

According to the WW2 Conway's:

Old V/W = 30-45
A/B = 125
C/D = 125
E/F = 125
G/H/I = 40
Tribal = 30, later 46
J/K/N = 45
L/M = 110
O/P = 70
S/T/U/V/W = 70-130
Z/Ca = 80-130
Ch/Co/Cr = 48-70-108
Hunt = 50
Hunt II = 30-60
Hunt III = 30-70
Hunt IV = 30

Sloops:
Bridgewater = 15-40-80
Hastings = 15-40-80
Hindustan = 0
Shoreham = 15-40-90
Grimsby = 15-40-90
Indus = 60
Egret = 40-120
Black Swan = 40-110
Bittern = 90

Frigates:
River = 126-150
Loch = 15
Bay = 50
Captain = 160

Corvettes:
Flower = 72
Castle = 15 + Squid

I read a statement by an escort sailor saying that by the middle of the war, DC's were crammed into every available space on Royal Navy ships. There probably wouldn't have been a set number of depth charges for each class by, perhaps, 1943 - instead, the load must have varied depending on how resourceful a particular crew was. I imagine most escort classes that had about 50 or less DC's finished the war with hundreds.