Type 271 radar
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The Type 271 was a surface search radar used by the Royal Navy and allies during World War II. The first widely used naval microwave-frequency system, it was equipped with an antenna small enough to a
Type 271 was the primary sub-hunting radar of HMCS Sackville. Its lighthouse-like radome can be seen above the bridge.
The cavity magnetron revolutionized radar development.
HMS Orchis was fitted with the first production 271, seen here atop the bridge.
HMS Nigeria was the first ship to mount the operational Type 273, which can be seen on the mast above the dark rectangle of her Type 284.
Flower-class corvette
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The Flower-class corvette was a British class of 294 corvettes used during World War II by the Allied navies particularly as anti-submarine convoy escorts in the Battle of the Atlantic. Royal Navy shi
Type 271 radar
…increased with another 12 units, and an order for 100 production sets was placed with Allen West and Company. At the same meeting, the newly completed Flower-class corvette HMS Orchis was set aside for sea trials. The first batch of prototypes had been completed by the end of February 1941, which led to a follow-on order…
HMCS Regina, 1942–1943
HMCS Riviere du Loup
Officers on the open bridge of HMCS Trillium
Early Flower corvettes had a mast before the wheel house.