The Flower Class Corvette Agassiz (Anatomy of the Ship) - Hardcover

McKay, John; Harland, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0851779751 ISBN 13: 9780851779751

Publisher: Conway Maritime Press, 2010

Synopsis

The Flower class corvette was one of the most famous and numerous of all escort vessels, and the corvette Agassiz is the most representative of the Canadian Flowers, which were thrown into the thick of the bitter Atlantic convoy battles of 1941–2. Derived from a whalecatcher hull design, and intended as a cheap coastal escort that could be built by non-specialist yards, the Flowers were the only class available in large numbers when the submarine war flared up in earnest in 1941. As a result they were used on rigorous ocean convoy duties for which they were barely adequate, and their crews suffered greatly in one of the harshest arenas of the second world war.

As part of the renowned Anatomy of the Ship series, this book provides the finest documentation of the Agassiz, with a complete set of superb line drawings, supported by technical details and a record of the ship's service history. This is a superb description of the ship and her career.

About this title

About the Author:

John McKay is the author of Victory, Bounty and Pandora in the Anatomy of the Ship series, all published by Conway Maritime Press. John Harland is the author of Seamanship in the Age of Sail and Catchers and Corvettes.

About this edition

• Publisher: Conway Maritime Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0851779751
• ISBN 13: 9780851779751
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160