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Originally Posted by frau kaleun
Yep, I got a report of an enemy convoy on my last patrol - when I got there, it was mostly made up of British ships but there were some neutrals in the center of it and a sub bringing up the rear.
I wonder though, with this "neutral" convoy that turned out to be mostly British, were there escorts and were the escorts also British (or from another enemy nation)? What would happen if you attacked an enemy ship in the midst of a convoy escorted by ships from a neutral country... would the neutral escorts come after you? Or are there no neutral ships doing escort duty in the Eastern half of the Atlantic?
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There were three British destroyers tending the flock when I arrived. If I understand jimbuna correctly, the group will be reported as neutral if the lead ship belongs to a neutral country, and of course will be reported as an enemy convoy if the lead ship belongs to the Allies.
In this encounter I recall there being a neutral ship at the head of the convoy, in the center column. That must have been the group's lead ship, as the other two neutrals were in the left rear quarter of the formation.