The Mowe-class large torpedo boat provides a sensible basis for a fleet escort. Enlarging the design slightly and removing some guns and torpedoes creates room for depth charges and improved anti-submarine systems. Its modest size and straightforward role make it suitable for mass production. The proposed force would require scores or even hundreds of ships. These escorts are necessary if carriers, cruisers, and Scharnhorst-class battleships are to reach the open sea and operate as groups.
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Building German escorts from the Mowe class
An enlarged Mowe-class torpedo boat with fewer weapons and more ASW equipment becomes a mass-produced escort for German surface forces.