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HMCS Agassiz (K 129)
Flower Class Corvette
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Specifications: The hull, superstructure components, masts and fittings feature a sprayed finish using matte paints and the many detailed features and fittings give the model a particularly interesting appearance. The delicate rigging is also completely factory-assembled. Add radio and receiver and you're ready to go. History of the Flower Class
Corvette and specifically, the HMCS Agassiz (K129) 3 Aug, 1942 5 Jan, 1943 The name "corvette" was originally a French term for a small sailing warship, intermediate between the frigate and the sloop-of-war. In the 1830s the term was adopted by the Royal Navy for British sailing warships of the same type, primarily with a similar shipping-protection role. With the arrival of steam power, paddle-driven and later screw-driven corvettes were built with the same role, growing in power and size over the decades. However in 1877 this traditional category was abolished, corvettes and frigates being combined into a new category of cruiser. The 1939 concept of the corvette returned to the original shipping-protection
role, rather than having any linear link with the cruising vessels
of 1877. There are two distinct groups of vessel in the Flower class.
The first vessels from the 1939 and 1940 programmes were followed
by another 64 ships launched from 1940 onwards which were significantly
larger and better armed; the Admiralty therefore chose to designate
them as a separate class, officially called the Modified Flower
class. The Flowers of the United States Navy are also known as Action-class
gunboats with the "PG" hull classification symbol. |