"Merchant vessels around the world" Topic
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| number4 | 29 Aug 2016 6:58 p.m. PST |
How quickly after the outbreak of war did the merchant fleets of the various nations paint their ships gray? |
| rtc105 | 30 Aug 2016 1:28 a.m. PST |
Don't believe they ever did. Liners taken up by the Navy as troopships would be repainted but ordinary merchantmen would largely retain their company colours. |
| Onomarchos | 30 Aug 2016 4:26 a.m. PST |
I agree with RTC. I remember reading how German Raiders would repaint their ships to correspond to various merchant shipping colors. |
 Herkybird  | 30 Aug 2016 12:39 p.m. PST |
My late uncle, who served on HMS Norfolk, said a lot of ships rapidly adjusted their colours to various greys, though some kept vestiges or complete original colours. I think I remember him saying Grey was most common in home waters, and company colours on Neutral ships.
Some pictures I have found show some ships with dark grey/black hulls, and lighter upperworks
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| Shagnasty | 31 Aug 2016 1:25 p.m. PST |
Warring nations usually went to grey in WW II. The Germans used neutral shipping colors most frequently. |
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