Number of Depth Charges carried by Black Swan and Flower DE's

[silentwayIII]

I know that Flower class DE's run out of DC's after a dozen or so passes. Black Swan's (very dangerous) can stay above me for much longer periods of time and drop many more DC's. Does someone know exactly how many DC's each of these boats carries?

Thanks.

[_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.

[Hueywolf123]

A Flower only does 16kts, as a fact. I wonder why they can do in excess of 21 in SHIII?

[Pants]

Some escorts could carry upto 200 DC's I would'nt like to DC'd by that ship
A modified BlackSwan carried 2 DCR's, 8 DCL's and 110 DC's

[_Seth_]

My personal belief is that they carried various amounts of DC' depending on where they were set to patrol.... Correct me if im wrong, but in war, that seem to be the most obvious. :hmm:

[Safe-Keeper]

Where the Heck did they store half a hundred depth charges?

[P_Funk]

You know there's a reason my coset is bigger than even the Captain's quarters. :rotfl:

[bookworm_020]

Warships also replenished there depth charge load when on escort duty. Spare Depth Charges were stored on selected tankers in a convoy, so escorts could get more if they ran out or ran low.

I read this in a book on Jonny Walker and the 2nd support group

[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 !

[_Seth_]

Originally Posted by Kpt. Munson

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 !

With just the deck gun???? Kudos, mate!!!!

[Pants]

Certain Ships that were in the "Lend Lease" when transfered over to the UK, The main design difference between the Royal Navy frigates the United States Navy destroyer escorts was that the British ships had the forward torpedo tubes removed along with the ice cream makers, the iced water fountains, the dishwashers, and laundries (in some ships). More depth charges were fitted on the upper deck each side of the ship (allowing for about 200 in total), and the steel work around the binnacle had to be replaced by non-ferrous materials. The American gyrocompasses were replaced with the Admiralty pattern ones and the MK IV elevating column Oerlikon mountings were replaced with the simpler MK V1A mountings.

[galahad]

Originally Posted by Kpt. Munson

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 !

I've done that before a couple of times, some times it's the only way to get them off your back, and if they are the only convoy escort, you are now free to sit around on the surface lobbing torps and shells to your hearts content. If you attack from behind them, they can only shoot you with AA guns, and only then if you are less than 2000-1500 metres, not sure of the exact distance, but it doesn't really matter, AA does almost no damage to you anyways. Good Hunting!

[Respenus]

I had a ship over me (can't remember the type), that was DC-ing me for around 1 h. If those weren't 100 depth charges, then I don't think what is. Sehe passed me at least 15 times, and every time she dropped around 8-10 DC!!! And she still kept going on. In the end I surfaced and got myself blown into shreds!

[The Munster]

Originally Posted by galahad

I've done that before a couple of times, some times it's the only way to get them off your back, and if they are the only convoy escort, you are now free to sit around on the surface lobbing torps and shells to your hearts content. If you attack from behind them, they can only shoot you with AA guns, and only then if you are less than 2000-1500 metres, not sure of the exact distance, but it doesn't really matter, AA does almost no damage to you anyways. Good Hunting!

The most frustrating part of this episode is he was the only convoy escort and by the time 'he'd' ran my batteries down to 10%, I surfaced and engaged him etc. I couldn't find the rotten convoy ! I was that frustrated, tufts of my hair started falling onto the keyboard .

[Pants]

Originally Posted by Kpt. Munson

, tufts of my hair started falling onto the keyboard .

Radiation leak?? oh bugger wrong time period