North Atlantic Convoys of World War II - Battle of the Atlantic, Flower-Class Corvette, River-Class Frigate, V and W Class Destroyer (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 86. Chapters: Battle of the Atlantic, Flower-class corvette, River-class frigate, V and W class destroyer, Mid-Ocean Escort Force, RAF Coastal Command order of battle during World War II, List of World War II convoys, Town class destroyer, List of convoy codes, G and H class destroyer, Convoy Faith, Convoys HX 229/SC 122, Order of battle for Convoy SC 7, Convoy ONS 5, CAM ship, Banff class sloop, Western Local Escort Force, Convoy ON 154, Convoy SC 48, Convoy SC 42, USAT Dorchester, UG convoys, Convoys ONS 18/ON 202, Convoy ON 67, Convoy SC 26, USCG Treasury-class cutter, Convoy rescue ship, Convoy ON 127, Convoy HG 76, Convoys ONS 20/ON 206, MV San Demetrio, Convoy ON 207, Convoy HX 72, Convoy HX 228, CU convoys, Convoy SC 104, Convoy SC 143, Convoy SC 118, Convoy OA 178, ON convoys, HX convoys, Convoy HX 79, Fighter catapult ship, Convoy SC 107, SC convoys, Convoy OB 293, Convoy HX 112, Convoy ON 166, Convoy SC 121, Convoy ONS 5 order of battle, Convoys HX 229/SC 122 order of battle, Convoy SC 94, SS Tregenna, Convoy SC 130, Convoy HX 156, Convoy HX 84, Convoy HX 106. 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. Several vessels saw service with the United States Navy where they were known as Action-class patrol gunboats. The majority served during World War II with the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), with some being built for, or transferred to, other Allied navies such as the United States Navy (USN) (where some were manned by the U.S. Coast Guard), 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 a...