Digital full size Drawings on Cd Scale 1:96 H.M.S. BUTTERCUP Corvette, Flower Class

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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