Key to Mal's Ship Silhouettes:
1. Brazil. Battleship Minas Gerais as altered prior to WW2. Sao Paulo retained the old two-funnel appearance.
2. Polish. Destroyer Burza during WW2 service with British. Y gun replaced by extra depth charges. 'A' gun replaced by a Hedgehog. 12pdr in place of aft torpedo tubes.
3. British. HMS Devonshire. County class heavy cruiser in mid-war appearance. Retains catapult but has light AA added.
4. German. F1-class fast escort vessel. (DE) Too fast for good escort work, poorly engined and a bit of a failure as a class.
5. British. Bangor-class minesweeper. Small but effective units.
6. Dutch. Destroyer Isaac Sweers (DD). Built in Holland but re-armed with British twin 4" AA.
7. British. WW1 V&W-class destroyer as converted to a fast AA escort known as a "Wair" for WW2.
8. German. T22 class WW2 Torpedo Boat (TB).
9. British. Hunt class, Type III Escort Destroyer (DE), WW2. The sharp raked funnel top, torpedo tubes and less heavy layout are good points for ID.
10. French. WW2 colonial sloop of the D'entrecasteaux class. (PF)
11. German WW2 destroyer of the Z5 type. Early war appearance, no radar etc.
12 British WW2. Loch-class frigate. Stern relatively uncluttered by depth charges as she carried a Squid forward.
13. Canada. WW2 River class frigate. Aft gun more prominent. Hedgehog closer to the fwd superstructure.
14. British. WW1 destroyer of the V&W class.
15. Brazil. Marcilio Diaz-class destroyer. Much US equipment on the British design gave it a pre-WW2 US destroyer look.
16. British. Typical Fort or Park-type standard WW2 emergency war construction cargo ship. Most were built in Canada.
17. USA. Typical larger WW2 war-standard merchant ship of the Victory type.
18. British WW2. Old V&W class destroyer converted to a Long Range Escort for Atlantic convoy duty.
19. International. Typical WW1 mass production motor cargo ship. Appear to have no funnel but I have marked it for easier spotting. Many brought out of reserve in the USA during WW2 to become valuable, if rather wobbly, members of many convoys.
20. French. Bourrasque-class destroyer in pre WW2 appearance.Similar to the Polish Burza silhouette No.2. These DDs saw considerable service but are often passed over by wargamers.
21. USA. Modern Knox-class frigate. Now serving in many navies.
22. Japan. Post WW2 guided missile destroyer Amatsukaze. US equipment but not quite the familiar Japanese look. Often mistaken for Italian by ship spotters.
23. USA. Modern California-class cruiser. (CG). Well-balanced layout with a heavier look than the similar Virginia type.
24. German. WW2. Battleship Tirpitz. Can be distinguished from Bismarck by the light AA mounted on turret tops.
25. Allied. WW2 Liberator bomber VLR version used on patrols in the Atlantic.
26. British. Flower class WW2 corvette. This is an early version with later modifications. Note the deck has been extended aft but the mast is still in front of the Bridge and the AA tub is well aft. No radar fitted suggests 1941 at the latest.
27. British WW1 Admiralty S class destroyer shown with WW2 modifications. Guns reduced, lots of depth charges, radar added, light flak added but tubes removed.
28. British. WW2 Motor Minesweeper of the Admiralty No.1 type. (AMc). Not glamorous but numerous and essential units.
29. British. WW1 R-class battleship as altered for WW2 service. Appearance not much changed except for funnel cap and light AA visible.
30. German WW2. Battlecruiser Scharnhorst. Her sister Gneisenau differed by having a mast stepped directly aft of the funnel and with a catapult on the aft turret.
31. German WW2. Torpedo Boat (TB) of the T1 class. Only a single 4.1" gun aft. These ships had considerable engineering problems and were not popular.
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