"Convoy Ships" Topic
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| shelldrake | 24 Mar 2007 2:38 p.m. PST |
During WW2 what colour were the merchant navy/ civilian convoy ships (i.e. the freighters)painted? Did they retain their peace time colour (example white hull with the red and black at sea level) or were they painted grey? |
 McKinstry   | 24 Mar 2007 4:27 p.m. PST |
Mostly grey but you can see a variety of camouflage schemes as well depending on nation and situation,. The Italians had some wild schemes in the Med and the USNR fleet train stuff in the Pacific had lots of stuff in the Ms 31, 32 &33 schemes. I'm not as sure about the North Atlantic but I remember reading that several ships on teh Murmansk run used low visibility schemes. |
| Wargamer Blue | 24 Mar 2007 4:28 p.m. PST |
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| Detailed Casting Products | 24 Mar 2007 4:36 p.m. PST |
I'm pretty sure the peacetime colors went under a layer of grey paint. In some cases, they received camo patterns such as what were used in WW1. |
| shelldrake | 24 Mar 2007 6:01 p.m. PST |
Cheers for the information guys :-) |
| Mal Wright | 25 Mar 2007 4:07 a.m. PST |
TMP link There is also my posting on Italian merchant ships. Link above. |
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