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Author : John Lambert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (464 download)
Download or read book Flower Class Corvettes in World War II written by John Lambert and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Lambert
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1783469609
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (834 download)
Download or read book Flower Class Corvettes written by John Lambert and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2010-10-30 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to creating models of the World War II warship, featuring history on the ship as well as crafting tips. The “ShipCraft” series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeler through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between sister-ships and changes in their appearance over their careers. This includes paint schemes and camouflage, featuring color profiles, highly detailed line drawings, and scale plans. The modelling section reviews the strengths and weaknesses of available kits, lists commercial accessory sets for super-detailing of the ships, and provides hints on modifying and improving the basic kit. This is followed by an extensive photographic gallery of selected high-quality models in a variety of scales, and the book concludes with a section on research references—books, monographs, large-scale plans and relevant websites. This volume includes all the features of the regular series, but the extent has been doubled to include far more detailed drawings of a class of ship that was built in huge numbers and in many variations. Mainstay of the Atlantic battle against the U-boats, Flower class corvettes were used by the British, Canadian, French, and U.S. Navies. “An excellent guide to an important ship in the Second World War, for modeler and maritime enthusiasts alike.” —The Nautical Magazine
Author : John McKay
Publisher : St. Catharines, Ont. : Vanwell Pub.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Flower Class Corvette, Agassiz written by John McKay and published by St. Catharines, Ont. : Vanwell Pub.. This book was released on 1993 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This popular ship-design series is praised for its superb drawings and comprehensive text. Each book contains over 200 keyed line drawings as well as full descriptions of their design, construction, general arrangement, hull structure, operational history, and much moore. Numerous close-up and on-board photographs help to rekindle memories of these ships' exciting pasts.
Author : John Lambert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (517 download)
Download or read book Flower Class Corvettes in World War Two written by John Lambert and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Lambert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (595 download)
Download or read book Warship Perspectives written by John Lambert and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Source Wikipedia
Publisher : Booksllc.Net
ISBN 13 : 9781230822648
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (226 download)
Download or read book Battle of the Atlantic written by Source Wikipedia and published by Booksllc.Net. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 150. Chapters: Flower class corvette, V and W class destroyer, Second Happy Time, Irish maritime events during World War II, Mid-Ocean Escort Force, RAF Coastal Command order of battle during World War II, Battle of the River Plate, List of World War II convoys, Leonard W. Murray, Convoy HX 300, Operation Teardrop, Invasion of Iceland, Convoy ONS 5, Town class destroyer, Laconia incident, Convoy OB 318, Banff class sloop, G and H class destroyer, Convoy ON 154, Mid-Atlantic gap, Convoy ON 127, Convoy SC 118, Convoy SC 121, Convoys HX 229/SC 122, Convoy ON 67, Convoy SC 42, Convoy ON 166, Convoy SC 104, Battle of the St. Lawrence, Convoy SC 107, Convoy SL 125, Convoy SC 26, Convoy SC 48, Black May (1943), Convoy SC 94, Convoy HX 212, Canadian River class destroyer, Western Local Escort Force. Excerpt: 1940-1941 program The Flower-class corvette (also referred to as the Gladiolus class) was a class of 267 corvettes used during World War II, specifically with the Allied navies as anti-submarine convoy escorts during the Battle of the Atlantic. The generic term "Flower" is derived from the RN's use of flower names for the class. The majority served during World War II with the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). Several ships built largely in Canada were transferred from the RN to the United States Navy (USN) under the lend-lease program, seeing service in both navies. Some corvettes transferred to the USN were manned by the U.S. Coast Guard. The vessels serving with the United States Navy were known as Action-class patrol gunboats. Other Flower-class corvettes served with the Free French Naval Forces, the Royal Netherlands Navy, the Royal Norwegian Navy, the Royal Indian Navy, the Royal Hellenic Navy, the Royal New Zealand Navy and, immediately post-war, the South African Navy. After World War II many surplus...
Author : Source Wikipedia
Publisher : University-Press.org
ISBN 13 : 9781230641119
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (411 download)
Download or read book Flower Class Corvettes written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 50. Chapters: Flower class corvettes of the Free French Naval Forces, Flower class corvettes of the Hellenic Navy, Flower class corvettes of the Irish Naval Service, Flower class corvettes of the Royal Canadian Navy, Flower class corvettes of the Royal Navy, Flower class corvettes of the Royal New Zealand Navy, Flower class corvettes of the United States Navy, Flower-class corvette, List of Flower-class corvettes, HMCS Moncton, HMCS Sackville, French Flower-class corvette, HMS Gladiolus, French corvette Aconit, HMS La Malouine, HMS Gentian, American Flower class corvettes, HMS Marigold, HMS Bluebell, HMCS Alberni, HMS Hyacinth, HMNZS Arbutus, HMCS Oakville, HMS Lotus, HMS Heartsease, HMCS Quesnel, HMS Peony, HMS Bryony, HMCS Rimouski, HMCS Moosejaw, USS Surprise, HMCS Kitchener, HMS Begonia, HMCS Kenogami, HMCS Regina, HMS Arabis, HMCS Calgary, HMCS Buctouche, HMS Mallow, HMCS Sudbury, HMCS Snowberry, USS Pert, HMS Orchis, HMCS Levis, USS Might, USS Brisk, USS Alacrity, HMCS Summerside, HMCS Charlottetown, HMS Narcissus, HMCS Asbestos, HMIS Sind, HMCS Pictou, HMCS Cobalt, HMCS Long Branch, USS Prudent, HMS Samphire, HMIS Gondwana, HMS Milfoil, USS Haste, HMS Willowherb, HMCS Halifax, HMS Statice, HMCS Weyburn, HMS Camellia, HMCS Riviere du Loup, HMS Smilax, HMS Dittany, HMIS Assam, HMS Bergamot, HMCS Windflower, HMS Vervain, HMCS Camrose, USS Action, HMS Abelia, HMS Jonquil, HMS Honesty, HMS Rosebay, HMS Linaria, HMS Anchusa, HMS Azalea, HMS Picotee, HMS Zinnia, HMS Tulip, LE Cliona, HMCS Brantford, HMS Spiraea, HMS Hollyhock, HMNZS Arabis, HMCS West York, HMS Bellwort, HMS Snowdrop, HMS Arbutus, HMS Heather, HMCS Kamloops. Excerpt: 1940-1941 program The Flower-class corvette (also referred to as the Gladiolus class) was a class of 267 corvettes used during World War II, specifically with the Allied navies as anti-submarine...
Author : John Lambert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 8 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (824 download)
Download or read book The Flower Class Corvettes (I)+ (II) written by John Lambert and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Elliott
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 590 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Allied Escort Ships of World War II written by Peter Elliott and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1977 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mac Johnston
Publisher : John Wiley and Sons
ISBN 13 : 9780470156988
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (569 download)
Download or read book Corvettes Canada written by Mac Johnston and published by John Wiley and Sons. This book was released on 2008-08-25 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Canadian escort group C 2 was comprised of the RCN destroyers Gatineau and Chaudiere, the frigate St. Catharines, the Corvettes Chilliwack and Fennel, and the RN destroyer Icarus. these six and the RN corvette Kenilworth castle combined to sing U-744 in the North Atlantic in a prolonged drama on March 5 and 6, 1944. At 32 hours, this the second-longest successful hunt of the war. Chilliwack able seaman Ralph Chartrand recalls the action: When the sub started to surface, everything that could shoot went into action and we fired all we could. While the crew of U-744 was jumping out of the conning tower, St. Catharines was closing in, but our captain outmanoeuvred Chilliwack in front to make sure that this was our sub. He gave the order "Prepare to ram," but soon the sub was empty, so we didn't ram. We lowered a lifeboat with a boarding party and they proceeded to U-744. While the lifeboat was tied to the sub, some members boarded the sub. then a big wave hit our lifeboat and flipped the crew into the water with the German Sailors. We took 17 prisoners on board. It was almost a major coup. Three lifeboats reached the Type VII C boat. German code books and the cypher machine were seized, but all three seaboats capsized in the rough sea and only one book was saved. All the Canadians were picked up. So, too, were 40 Germans. Icarus then dispatched the unsalable U-744 with a torpedo. Eleven Germans died, including the captain. Praise for Corvettes Canada. "It was the ubiquitous corvette, built in Canada, manned by volunteers and often as not based in a Canadian or Newfoundland port, that carried the burden of our Atlantic war...and few wartime sailors escaped at least some time aboard them. "For the most part, their experiences have gone unrecorded--especially those of the lower deck--and time will soon erase what the enemy and the sea itself could not. Fortunately, Mac Johnston has salvaged the experiences of 250 of these fast-departing corvette veterans, and has drawn their story together into a superb collective memoir of the Atlantic war. "Johnston has woven these memories...and the history of the wartime RCN into a tight fabric, one that is both entertaining and extremely valuable. If you have never read anything on the Canadian navy's part in the Battle of the Atlantic, start with this one; if you've read everything that's already available, you will find this one a gem." --Marc Milner, University of New Brunswick "I like your presentation. It's right from the horse's mouth so to speak. It is so authentic, I say it is a classic. It's as true a story as can be told. Corvette men who read your book, contributors or not, will marvel at your format and will live again the tortures of the Atlantic, the friendship of shipmates, the action stations alarm bell and the roar of depth changes... "Your book proves that these Corvette men were tough to stand the day-to-day tensions, rough seas, dangers and the boredom that was part of their sea life. You have done a wonderful story." -- Leo McVarish, HMCS Alberni, Winnipeg, Man.
Author : Source Wikipedia
Publisher : University-Press.org
ISBN 13 : 9781230653785
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (537 download)
Download or read book World War Ii Corvettes of the United Kingdom written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Castle class corvettes, Flower class corvettes of the Royal Navy, HMS Gladiolus, French corvette Aconit, HMS La Malouine, HMS Gentian, HMS Marigold, HMS Bluebell, HMS Hyacinth, SS Empire Comfort, HMCS St. Thomas, HMS Lotus, HMS Heartsease, HMS Peony, HMS Bryony, HMS Begonia, HMS Arabis, HMS Mallow, HMS Rising Castle, HMS Orchis, HMS Narcissus, HMS Samphire, HMS Milfoil, HMS Portchester Castle, HMS Camellia, HMS Rushen Castle, HMS Bergamot, HMS Vervain, HMS Amberley Castle, HMS Abelia, HMS Jonquil, Empire Shelter, HMS Pevensey Castle, HMS Hurst Castle, HMS Anchusa, HMS Alnwick Castle, HMS Azalea, HMS Picotee, HMS Kenilworth Castle, HMS Zinnia, HMS Tulip, HMS Denbigh Castle, HMS Launceston Castle, HMS Leeds Castle, HMS Spiraea, HMS Allington Castle, HMS Hollyhock, HMS Hedingham Castle, HMS Berkeley Castle, HMS Farnham Castle, HMS Caistor Castle, HMS Lancaster Castle, HMS Hadleigh Castle, HMS Flint Castle, HMS Carisbrooke Castle, HMS Bamborough Castle, HMS Bellwort, HMS Snowdrop, HMS Knaresborough Castle, HMS Oxford Castle, HMS Arbutus, HMS Heather, SS Empire Peacemaker, SS Empire Rest, HMS Cromer Castle. Excerpt: The Castle-class corvettes were an updated version of the much more numerous Flower-class corvettes of the Royal Navy, and started appearing during late 1943. They were equipped with radar as well as asdic. The Admiralty had decided to cease Flower class construction in favour of the larger River-class frigates as the Flower class had originally been intended for coastal escort work and were not entirely satisfactory for Atlantic convoy service. In particular, they were slow, poorly armed, and rolled badly in rough seas which quickly exhausted their crews. However, many shipyards were not large enough to build frigates. The Castle class was designed to be built on small slipways for about half the overall...
Author : David Brown
Publisher : Seaforth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1844157024
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (441 download)
Download or read book Atlantic Escorts written by David Brown and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2007-11-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winston Churchill famously claimed that the submarine war in the Atlantic was the only campaign of the Second World War that really frightened him. If the lifeline to north America had been cut, Britain would never have survived; there could have been no build-up of US and Commonwealth forces, no D-Day landings, and no victory in western Europe. Furthermore, the battle raged from the first day of the war until the final German surrender, making it the longest and arguably hardest-fought campaign of the whole war. The ships, technology and tactics employed by the Allies form the subject of this book. Beginning with the lessons apparently learned from the First World War, the author outlines inter-war developments in technology and training, and describes the later preparations for the second global conflict. When the war came the balance of advantage was to see-saw between U-boats and escorts, with new weapons and sensors introduced at a rapid rate. For the defending navies, the prime requirement was numbers, and the most pressing problem was to improve capability without sacrificing simplicity and speed of construction. The author analyses the resulting designs of sloops, frigates, corvettes and destroyer escorts and attempts to determine their relative effectiveness.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (277 download)
Download or read book Flower Class Corvettes written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Chris Howard Bailey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780905778181
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (781 download)
Download or read book The Royal Naval Museum Book of the Battle of the Atlantic written by Chris Howard Bailey and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of oral testomonies and personal photographs from the former Flower Class corvette seamen, which tell the story of the ships that fought against the German navy during the Second World War.
Author : Nicholas Monsarrat
Publisher : House of Stratus
ISBN 13 : 9780755131273
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (312 download)
Download or read book The Cruel Sea written by Nicholas Monsarrat and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2011-12-30 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The highly acclaimed 'Cruel Sea' is one of the all-time great naval and war thrillers. The film was a smash hit when released and it and the book continue to enjoy undiminished popularity. It covers the battle of the Atlantic and the people who fought it - their domestic triumphs, tragedies, worries and ambitions.
Author : John McKay
Publisher : Brassey's
ISBN 13 : 9780851776149
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (761 download)
Download or read book The Flower Class Corvette Agassiz written by John McKay and published by Brassey's. This book was released on 1993 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edward T. Wilkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781901231441
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (314 download)
Download or read book With a Flower Upon the Ocean written by Edward T. Wilkins and published by . This book was released on 2004-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An imaginative history of a World War II Flower Class Corvette, the 'Columbine'.
