Number of DC carried

[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

[Missing Name]

In short, one destroyer did have enough wabos to cause at least some damage.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Missing Name

In short, one destroyer did have enough wabos to cause at least some damage.

It only takes one if it's close enough.

[igorlikespike]

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

When you think of it, out of this impressive numbers of DCs carried, an escort needs to place only one or two near your boat and then ... Great info, thanks for sharing!

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by igorlikespike

When you think of it, out of this impressive numbers of DCs carried, an escort needs to place only one or two near your boat and then ...

Just one will do it. On the other hand there are quite a few reports of u-boats surviving hours of depth-charging and taking little to no damage. The simple fact was that if a DC went off within 25 feet of the hull it could crack it wide open. If it went off more than 50 feet away damage was usually minimal.

One of my frustrations with Das Boot was that in an effort to make an unknowing audience get a feel for what was going on they made most of the depth charges go off so close that any one of them would have killed the boat right there.

[igorlikespike]

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

Great info, thanks for sharing!

[iambecomelife]

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.