Canadians at sea: convoys and the corvette

Question 1

how did Canada’s navy in 1939 compare with the navy by the end of the war?

Answer 1

1939- 20 000 sailors, 11 ships

war’s end- 113 000 sailors, 400 warships

Question 2

what was the duty of the corvette?

Answer 2

seek and destroy enemy ships and to protect the convoy from enemy U-boats

Question 3

how did the corvette’s length compare from 1939-1940 to the revised version in 1941-1944?

Answer 3

62.5m => 63.4m

Question 4

how did the corvette’s width compare from 1939-1940 to the revised version in 1941-1944?

Answer 4

10m => 10m

Question 5

how did the corvette’s displacement compare from 1939-1940 to the revised version in 1941-1944?

Answer 5

950tonnes => 970tonnes

Question 6

how did the corvette’s maximum speed compare from 1939-1940 to the revised version in 1941-1944?

Answer 6

16knots => 16knots

Question 7

how did the corvette’s armament compare from 1939-1940 to the revised version in 1941-1944?

Answer 7

one 4-inch gun at the fore, two .50-caliber machine guns, 40 depth charges, launchers on both sides, rail at the stern => one 4-inch gun at the fore, one 2lb pom pom gun, two Oerlikon 20mm guns, 70 depth charges, launchers on both sides, rails at the stern, one hedgehog

Question 8

how did the corvette’s crew compare from 1939-1940 to the revised version in 1941-1944?

Answer 8

5 officers, 70 men => 7 officers, 80 men

Question 9

problems for the convoy

could only move as fast as ___________

Answer 9

the slowest ship

Question 10

problems for the convoy

very few _______ to escort them

Answer 10

corvettes

Question 11

problems for the convoy

almost impossible to ____________

Answer 11

stop and pick up survivors

Question 12

problems for the convoy

corvettes were not equipped with _____ until late in the war

Answer 12

sonar