Category:Depth Charge (UK)

The British used a variety of depth charges in the war.

The primary characteristic of these were that they were to explode at a given depth. The firing means (for all but the Egerton depth charge) was either mechanically when a float pulled a cable of a given length taut, or hydrostatically when pressure forced a diagram to compress a spring.

Some of the devices were adapted from other weapons. All were developed in Vernon except the Egerton depth charge and the anti-submarine grenade.

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