White Ensign Models 1/700 HMS Bluebell 1942 Royal Navy Flower Class Corvette Kit (K713)

White Ensign Models 1/700 HMS Bluebell 1942 Royal Navy Flower Class Corvette Kit (K713) | Antics Online

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White Ensign Models 1/700 HMS Bluebell 1942 Royal Navy Flower Class Corvette Kit (K713)
In 1938 it became obvious to the British government that war with Germany was inevitable. Permission was therefore granted to the Admiralty to expand the Royal Navy to meet the threat from the Kreigsmarine. It was assumed that the country would be at war by 1940, and it was all too clear that existing designs for escort vessels to accompany the forthcoming convoys would be impossible to build in sufficient numbers in the time available. In 1915, the Middlesborough shipbuilders Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd. had met a similar requirement by the adaptation of an existing whalecatcher design, so the company was again approached for a solution. The design of the recently built whaler Southern Pride was enlarged and adapted to produce a design which could be produced quickly in large numbers. So was born the Flower class corvette. The Flowers were small, cramped and uncomfortable. They were slower than a surfaced U-boat and pitched and tossed in a heavy sea to the extent that numerous crewmen were injured by being hurled around on board. However, the Flowers had a number of important attributes. They were extremely seaworthy, had a long range and could out-turn a U-boat, plus although the hull and machinery were old fashioned, they were equipped with the latest asdic and radar, and crucially, they were available

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