Flower class corvette

The Flower class was a class of 267 corvettes developed by the Royal Navy specifically for the protection of shipping convoys during the Second Battle of the Atlantic in World War II. They were a stopgap measure in the war against the German U-boats: small ships that could be produced quickly and cheaply in large numbers. They were the mainstay of convoy protection in the first half of the war. After the war the Flowers were sold off and served around the world from the Israeli Navy to the Chilean Navy.

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Class - Corvette - Royal Navy - Convoy - Second Battle of the Atlantic - World War II - German - U-boat - Israeli Navy - Chilean Navy

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The name "corvette" originally referred to the 19th century sloop-of-war, a small screw warship with a similar shipping-protection role.

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19th century - Sloop-of-war

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Properly speaking there are two Flower classes: 64 ships launched from 1940 onwards were larger and better armed; this subclass is sometimes called the "revised Flower class". The revised Flowers of the United States Navy are also known as Action-class gunboats and have the "PG" hull classification symbol. This article covers both sets of ships.

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United States Navy - Hull classification symbol

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