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_BELEAF_ OP t1_jeg7klu wrote

Reply to comment by Canucklehead_Esq in My Grandfather, on a Canadian corvette in WWII. The ship escorted vital supply ships to Britain, and was almost totally unarmed, with cardboard gun-shaped decoys on deck. He worked below deck in the boiler room during the U-boat threat, and lived to tell the tales. by _BELEAF_

Ok thanks for the info! Wouldn't 1941 be near the start of our efforts across the Atlantic? Edit: as you can see this is dated 1941 on the photo.

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Canucklehead_Esq t1_jeg6omb wrote

Reply to comment by _BELEAF_ in My Grandfather, on a Canadian corvette in WWII. The ship escorted vital supply ships to Britain, and was almost totally unarmed, with cardboard gun-shaped decoys on deck. He worked below deck in the boiler room during the U-boat threat, and lived to tell the tales. by _BELEAF_

If he was in a corvette, I would think not. They were lightly armed. They did have front (and maybe rear) cannons for surface encounter, but their primary purpose was as a U-boat hunter.

I believe there were ships at the start of the war that employed fake guns, but I think that was before the corvettes came into service

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_BELEAF_ OP t1_jeg5zac wrote

Reply to comment by Canucklehead_Esq in My Grandfather, on a Canadian corvette in WWII. The ship escorted vital supply ships to Britain, and was almost totally unarmed, with cardboard gun-shaped decoys on deck. He worked below deck in the boiler room during the U-boat threat, and lived to tell the tales. by _BELEAF_

I don't know if they did. He passed in 1985. I only recall the story of the cardboard guns. And this is the only photo I have of him serving.

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