Nautical Research Journal 69


79. HMCS Sackville’s 2-pounder and searchlight. T e diff erences refl ect the diff erent installations between ships.


76. T e completed 2-pounder gun, right side. T e sights are Czech Models.


T e completed anti-aircraſt installation is shown in Figure 78 and can be compared with Sackville’s in Figure 79.


Depth charge throwers Canadian corvettes were initially fi tted with two Mk. II throwers located in the waist of the ship, which hurled a depth charge and its carrier some forty yards to the side. By 1943 two more throwers had been added. Sackville mounts the later Mk. IV type that retained the carrier, thus simplifying reloading; however, these were fi tted during its post war restoration. My Agassiz reference book has drawings of both types. Figure 80 shows Sackville’s throwers. Note the recoil cylinders, absence of carriers, and charges marked for TNT fi lling, not Amatol like Chicoutimi’s. Figure 81 shows a Mk. II thrower being


77. T e completed 2-pounder gun, leſt side. Note the box on the shield made from brass shim stock and Bowser hardware.


78. T e complete anti-aircraſt installation mounted on the ship.


80. A Mk. IV thrower as fi tted to HMCS Sackville. Note the recoil cylinders, absence of carriers, and the TNT marking.


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