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Thesis Paragraph and Introduction:
Introduce the topic: In 1942, German U-Boats sunk Allied ships at a rapid rate in an attempt to prevent resources from reaching Britain, leading to the discovery of corvettes.
Focus sentence:
A corvette is a small, but rapid vessel which was designed to prevent U-Boats from torpedoing supply ships that were headed to Britain and patrol coasts in the most dire weather conditions.
Thesis:
Corvettes were the most sensible response to the catastrophes caused by U-boats because of their cheap construction costs, rapid production rates, and ability to complete tasks with small crew size.
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The costs involved in making a corvette were fairly low, allowing for more of them to be bought and money to be saved for other uses.
***During 1942, the newly modified corvettes were built for around £120, 000, equivalent to $400 000 at that time, whereas, U-Boats cost $2 million and more, depending on the type.
***With the cost involved in building one U-Boat, five corvettes can be built, enough to escort a convoy in the Atlantic Ocean and outmaneuver a U-Boat.
Concluding sentence: Countries were able to spend additional money on other necessities since they only had to spend a limited amount on purchasing large quantities of corvettes.
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Building a corvette does not require as much time as it does to make other naval ships.
*** Originally, all corvettes, 205 feet in length, were armed with one four inch gun, one 2 pound pom pom gun, and after modifications were made, two 20mm guns, one hedge-hog and radar were added (Cruxton and Wilson, 234).
***Since building a corvette takes around 8 months, corvettes were mass-produced to escort co...

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