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 Canada at War
These ships were small; the first class ships only being 59 metres in length and the second class or Castle class were 77 metres in length.
Corvettes were armed with anti- submarine torpedoes, anti-aircraft guns, depth charges to fend off attacks from German U-boats lurking all around them and one 4-inch deck gun.
With the Canadian Corvettes, the seas were secure enough for troops and supplies to be ferried across the Atlantic.
www.secondworldwar.co.uk /canada.html   (1648 words)

  
 Eglantine - Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945
5 British built, Flower class corvettes were taken over by the Norwegian Navy in Gt.
When Potentilla was returned to Royal Navy in March of 1944, she was replaced by a Castle class corvette, which was named Tunsberg Castle under the Norwegian flag.
Buttercup, also Flower class, was transferred after the loss of Tunsberg Castle in 1944.
www.warsailors.com /singleships/eglantine.html   (808 words)

  
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Find A,B,C Class Motorhomes, travel trailers or fifth wheels and pop-ups for sale, at Motorhomes On Sale.com!
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 T. Cadman
Cracknell, William H Commander USN Warship Profile #9: USS Charles Ausburne/Fletcher Class Destroyer 1942-1967 Profile (Windsor) 1971, 1st edit, 24 pp, photos and illus, very good, large softcover, $25
Dickison, Arthur Crash Dive: In Action With HMS Safari 1942-43 Sutton (Stroud) 1999, 1st edit, 212 pp, photos, author was telegraphist on this RN submarine during Mediterranean patrols and kept a secret diary, fine, DJ, $16
Dull, Paul S A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy (1941-1945) Naval Institute (Annapolis) 1978, 1st edit, 402 pp, photos and maps, very good, DJ (folds along upper rear extremety), $28
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