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Was not Bryony's focsle longer than the average? I seem to recall this was because of her chequered building history. In many ships it seems to end just forrard of the funnel. There were also oddities - Gloxinia and I think Delphinium and maybe Narcissus retained the original focsle and had the hull built up amidships, with a shelter deck between the two sections.

Can anyone help Robert with details of Carnation's focsle... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Lancashire Steve) http://theflowerclasscorvetteforums.yuku.com/sreply/725 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 07:33:59 GMT http://theflowerclasscorvetteforums.yuku.com/reply/724/t/Different-hull-shapes-to-flowers.html#reply-724
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This is what I thought, but have never seen it explained - like you I'd like to see drawings to see exactly what was done.

When I first became interested in Flowers, and I read about extended focsles, I originally imagined that forrard of the focsle gun, a new section of hull was fitted which lengthened the ship, and created a longer focsle.... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (edwardpaxton) http://theflowerclasscorvetteforums.yuku.com/sreply/67 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:56:09 GMT http://theflowerclasscorvetteforums.yuku.com/reply/66/t/Different-hull-shapes-to-flowers.html#reply-66
The original Smith's Dock whaler design which became the flower class corvette had the fo'c'sle end at the back of the 4 inch gun platform.

As use of the corvettes moved from inshore ship protection to oceanic convoy duty, it became plain that an extended fo'c'sle was necessary to make them more seaworthy. Most of the original ships were retrofitted, however, the work was done in so many different yards around the globe, they may not have been entirely standard...... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (cli0019) http://theflowerclasscorvetteforums.yuku.com/sreply/66 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:58:48 GMT http://theflowerclasscorvetteforums.yuku.com/topic/402/t/Different-hull-shapes-to-flowers.html I have 2 questions, that I'd be grateful of guidance on:

1) I have seen an image of HMS Geranium (and others) where the sides of the hulls are "cut down" just in front of the bridge structure. Other Flowers, eg Coreopsis as Compass Rose, have this at the funnel. Was this two different designs or was this due to alterations, and if so, what were these differences?

2) When the focsle's were extended, can you say precisly what was done, and by what distance were they... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (edwardpaxton) http://theflowerclasscorvetteforums.yuku.com/topic/402 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:13:26 GMT