Digital full size Drawings on Cd
Not a printed plan and no material supplied
H.M.S. BUTTERCUP
Corvette, Flower Class - K.193
Digital Full Size Plan prints drawing on six 32" x 24" sheets
This is a very detailed set of drawing includes larger scale drawing of smaller details
Note No Building Instructions
Printing………..MAY BE DONE AT A COPY HOUSE
…………………………ALSO INCLUDED INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRINTING AT HOME
Scale 1:96
Length 26.625"
Beam 4 1/8"
Suitable for radio control
IN DECEMBER 1940 IT WAS DECIDED TO MODIFY EIGHT CORVETTES, STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR ADDITIONAL DUTIES AS INFLUENCE MINESWEEPERS TO SWEEP MAGNETIC MINES. THEY WE RE TO BE FITTED WITH THE CONSPICUOUS 'LL' MARK V CABLE REEL AFT AND 50 TONS OF PIG IRON AS BALLAST TO COMPENSATE FOR THE ADDITIONAL TOP WEIGHT. BY FEBRUARY 1941 IT WAS THOUGHT
PRUDENT TO INCLUDE S.A. TYPE A MARX II GEAR WITH ITS DISTINCTIVE "A" FRAME OVER THE BOW TO SWEEP FOR ACOUSTIC MINES. A USEFUL DUEL ROLL AS ANTI-SUBMARINE ESCORT AND INFLUENCE MINESWEEPER GAINED AT THE EXPENCE OF A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF DEPTH CHARGES CARRIED.
AS ALWAYS THERE WERE APPEARANCE CHANGES SOME HAVING THE MAST IN FRONT OF THE BRIDGE AND/OR A DIFFERENT BRIDGE DESIGN. (MORE THAN 8 UNITS WERE MODIFIED)
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