World War II Battle of the Atlantic

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 117. Chapters: Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of the River Plate, Laconia incident, Flower-class corvette, River-class frigate, V and W class destroyer, Second Happy Time, Irish maritime events during World War II, Mid-Ocean Escort Force, RAF Coastal Command order of battle during World War II, List of World War II convoys, Leonard W. Murray, Town class destroyer, Operation Teardrop, Invasion of Iceland, G and H class destroyer, Mid-Atlantic gap, Convoys HX 229/SC 122, Convoy ONS 5, Battle of the St. Lawrence, Canadian River-class destroyer, Banff class sloop, Western Local Escort Force, Convoy ON 154, Black May, Convoy SC 48, Convoy SC 42, No. 120 Squadron RAF, Timeline of the Battle of the Atlantic, USAT Dorchester, UG convoys, Convoys ONS 18/ON 202, Convoy ON 67, Convoy SC 26, Convoy SC 7, USCG Treasury-class cutter, Convoy rescue ship, Convoy ON 127, Convoy SL 139/MKS 30, Convoy HG 76, Convoys ONS 20/ON 206, Convoy ON 207, Losses during the Battle of the Atlantic, Convoy HX 72, Convoy HX 228, CU convoys, Convoy SC 104, Convoy SC 143, Convoy SL 140/MKS 31, Convoy SL 125, Convoy SL 138/MKS 28, GIUK gap, Convoy SC 118, Battle of Point Judith, Western Approaches Command, Actions of 5/6 May 1945, HX convoys, Convoy HX 79, Convoy SC 107, SC convoys, Convoy OB 293, Action of 13 May 1944, Convoy HX 112, Convoy ON 166, Laconia Order, Convoy SC 121, The Cruel Sea, Operation Berlin, Convoy SC 94, Actions of 7/8 May 1945, Canadian Northwest Atlantic, Convoy SC 130, Convoy HX 156, Neutrality Patrol, First Happy Time, Pan-American Security Zone, Newfoundland Escort Force, Western Escort Force W-6. 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 and, immediately post-war, the South African Navy. Several ships built largely in Canada were transferred between the USN and RN under the lend-lease program, seeing service in both navies. After World War II many surplus Flower-class vessels saw use in non-Allied navies the world over, as well as civilian use. HMCS Sackville is the only member of the class to be preserved as a museum ship. The term "corvette" was originally a French name for a small sailing warship, intermediate between the frigate and the sloop-of-war. In the 1830s the term was adopted by the RN for sailing warships of roughly similar size, primarily operating in the shipping protection role. With the arrival of steam power, paddle- and later screw-driven corvettes were built for the same purpose, growing in power, size, and armament over the decades. In 1877, the RN abolished the "corvette" as a traditional category; corvettes and frigates were then combined into a new category, "cruiser". The months leading up to World War II saw the RN return to the concept of a small escort warship being used in t...