Victory at Sea: Merchant Convoy

Description

Victory at Sea: Merchant Convoy
Preventing attacks on defenceless merchant ships is the other main role of thenavy, and it was her that the war was fought, day in and day out, by the humblecorvette, frigate and destroyer escort, and later by escort carriers. Commerceraiding formed a critical part of the strategy for several nations –Germany’s Kri­egsmarine almost brought Britain to her knees whilst the USNavy similarly strangled Japan’s movement of industrial goods, materials,troops and supplies.

Grouping ships into convoys meant there was more expanse of empty ocean outthere – hopefully raiders would not even find the convoy. It also madeescorts more effective, but in the event a convoy was hit by a surface raider,such as a heavy cruiser or battlecruiser, the target would be devastated inshort order. Nevertheless, the convoy system helped a great deal. It would fallto the escorting ships to defend them until either a heavy covering force couldcome up in support or the merchants could make their escape. Some of the mostheroic, and worst mismatched, actions of the war took place in defense ofmerchants convoys or troop ships.

Details

• 3 x Liberty Merchant Ship
• 3 x Victory Merchant Ship
• 1 x SS Ohio Tanker Ship
• Ship Cards and Damage Sliders

The models come supplied unpainted and unassembled, contents may varyfrom that pictured.

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