ORIGINAL: Dili
My Mediterranean notes say that VII C converting to 20mm AA gun maximum(around SET42) and dropping the 88.
The Earste Monsoon boats were not always rearmed to ETO standards. Look em up case by case - or just look in the RHS database for a strictly historical scenario - you will find them already researched. The EOS family has some boats that didn't quite make it - but might have - with estimated dates of arrival in theater. But in CVO family they simply are the ones that made it.