Talk:Flower class corvette

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[edit] Revised Flower Class ?

The article currently states that

"Properly speaking there are two Flower classes: 52 ships built after 1942 were larger and better armed; this subclass is sometimes called the "revised Flower class"..."

I strongly suspect that the article is currently conflating the Castle class corvette with Flower class corvettes that have been refitted with the the longer forecastle. Most Canadian flowers were eventually equipped with the longer forecastle -- that would be more than the 52 odd the article currently claims. I think all the references to this "revised flower class" need to be corrected.

In 1939 Flowers had a their four inch on the forecastle, a pom-pom AA gun on the bandstand aft, and their depth charges, as their complete armament. As the war went on further AA was added, haphazardly, to the Canadian Flowers, during their refits. Some Canadian Flowers ended up mounting as many as an additional four 20mm AA cannons. So, the better armament the article attributes to the 52 "revised flower class" would really only be the replacement of traditional depth charges by the squid.

• haze gray and underway
• uboat.net lists approximately 52 Castle Class hulls
• battleships-cruisers.co.uk
• explore-boats.com

-- Geo Swan 19:11, 2005 Mar 6 (UTC)

No, the article is correct about the existence of the revised Flower class. (Compare for example the specifications of the original Flowers [1] with the revised Flowers [2]). Yes, many of the earlier Flowers were refitted with long forecastles, improved AA, Hedgehog, etc so that the difference was not in the end very significant. That's why the article includes the revised Flowers along with the original.

However, the number 52 and the date 1942 seem to be wrong (perhaps from confusion with the Castle class as you suggest). [3] lists 64 ships of the revised class, plus 5 that were cancelled, the first being launched in 1940. I'll fix the article. Gdr 14:08, 2005 Mar 17 (UTC)