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Battle of the Atlantic  - U-Boats and Convoys

The struggle between German U-Boats (submarines) and Allied convoys was the core of the battle of the Atlantic. U-Boats sought to destroy Allied merchant vessels and warships, while Allied convoys sought to transport food, supplies, weapons, and personnel across the Atlantic.

HMCS Chambly Model
HMCS Chambly Model

This model of the Flower class corvette HMCS Chambly after a 1944 refit shows a typical corvette after its late-war upgrades and modifications have been completed.

The modernizations include Type 271 radar in a lantern-shaped housing behind the bridge (centre right), a Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar (to the left of the forward gun), and an extended forecastle (running from the right to the middle) which improved living and working conditions. Administrative indecision and confusion, coupled with a shortage of shipyard facilities and equipment, delayed such upgrades to most Canadian corvettes in comparison with their counterparts in Britain's Royal Navy.

Model Ship, Flower Class Corvette
CWM 19730285-001





Corvette Bridge
Cargo Ship in Convoy
On Escort Duty
HMCS Barrie
HMCS Chambly Model
HMCS Clayoquot , Bangor class Minesweeper
Model, HMCS Swansea
Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC) at Sea
"Taking a ?Green One'"
Fog
White Ensign, HMCS Arrowhead
Duffle Coat
John Doyle, HMCS Digby
Service Dress and Cap, Leading Seaman John Doyle
Corvette Mess Deck, His Majesty's Canadian Ship North Bay
U-190 Model
U-190's Crew, September 1942
U-889's Forward Torpedo Compartment
U-889 Running at Periscope Depth
The Sinking of the SS Winnipeg II
Torpedo Damage to HMCS Chebogue
HMCS Trillium Crowded with Survivors
Depth Charge Explosion
U-744 Being Boarded