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Originally Posted by Jan Kyster
Those ships (typical) sailed under the british flag. Some danish ships went to the states and sailed under the Star Sprangled Banner...
If wanted, I can compile a complete list of which danish ships went under which foreign flags in WW2.
 But be prepared for some waiting time then - there were hundreds...
You will not find a WW2 convoy with ships flying danish or norwegian flags  |
Interesting
True the Danish fleet was requesitioned on the day of invasion and placed under British flag
Not so Norways fleet - a large part already chartered to the British in Sept 39 to bring oil etc into GB
AFAIK Nortraship - the organisation set up in London to run Norways huge fleet after the invasion and the largest shipping company in the world - had control of the ships
They were certainly hired by the MOWT but sailed under Norwegian flags
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At the outbreak of the war, Norway had the fourth largest merchant fleet in the world (after the UK, USA and Japan). In late April 1940 the Allies demanded that the fleet (most of it outside Norwegian waters and so not controlled by Germany) be transferred to Allied flag. The Norwegian government, still in Norway, resisted this, but took over the right to manage and use all vessels so that they could be used to secure supplies and advance the war operations of Norway and the Allied powers (40% of the fleet was sailing for the allies already, under an agreement from September 1939). Norwegian vessels sailed mostly in trans-Atlantic convoys during the war, under Norwegian flag. Most of the Norwegian merchant fleet was under the control of the government based in London. Those ships remaining in Norway probably just sailed in coastal waters. A ship under Norwegian flag anywhere else in the world would be considered an Allied ship. If it hadn't, using false colours would not succeed.
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http://www.allstates-flag.com//fotw/flags/no-ww2.html
Besides
Having Norway as Axis means you cannot have any Norwegian navy ships on the allied side
Such as the 5 Town class or 2 S class DDs
Not to mention the 2 U class submarines HNoMS Ula and HNoMS Uredd which are actually in the game in Norways roster and so your ally
