Continental Defence Corvette

[DBNSG]

Throw in a dozen subs and 3-4 JSS and that's a respectable navy, no?

Throw on top of that a total of at least 16 helicopter carrying Coast Guard Ice Breakers and the three Oceans just might be covered.

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

Damn! Why not get a couple of small aircraft carriers and cover all five?

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Damn! Why not get a couple of small aircraft carriers and cover all five?

Maybe the RN will sell us one of theirs?

 

[Kirkhill]

I wont debate most of your points, Kirkhill, but this one seems rather incredible to me.

Open bridges were the norm of the time. All RN escorts, be they destroyers or cruisers, had open bridges, and it was totally for visibility reasons in action. Even most battle-cruisers and some battleships had open bridges. Only aircraft carriers all had fully enclosed ones. in Canada, we actually had open bridges until the last steamer retired with the arrival of the Halifax class. Classic case was HMCS HAIDA's bridge if someone wishes to see what it looked like. Anyone who served on the steamers (other than the Mackenzie's) would feel perfectly at home there.

So, I can't possibly see this has having been a debate when it came to the Corvettes.

I'll accept that.

But I think the overall premise stands. It is line with what I have read from multiple sources over the years.

Launches and whalers were not the preferred solutions for the navies of the day. Nor for that matter were the escort carriers based on cruiser or cargo hulls.

Sometimes situations get the better of plans.