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Originally Posted by CCIP
Why would a merchant be Kriegmarine, unless it's, say, a naval auxiliary? They're not doing any fighting :hmm:
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Good question, I have no idea . But it be interesting to find out how the Merchants where treated by the Germans in WWII. Were they just call "SS Whatever" (as in Steam Ship) or were they commandeered by the Kriegmarine as Auxiliary Ships. It seems that there is very little information on this matter (besides Google just hates me). I have been slowly trying to build a small merchant navy for the Germans to place ingame to run small convoys from German held Port's to Port's, say from Kiel to Bergen ect.
Many time's referance has been made to Kriegmarine Convoy Escort type ships, ok where are the convoys, where did they ply their trade and what types of ships and who was brave enough to sail them. So again I ask, did the germans in fact commandeer these ships in order to be able to get crews to sail them on basicaly suicide convoy routes!
I mean lets face it, where ever these ships were/did sail it be 1 hell of a hot zone. I wouldn't be surprised if they were rather well armed to fend off the RAF and the RN (small warships at least). In doing so did they in fact use naval personal to crew these ships - ergo did they for the duration of the war come under the command of the Kriegmarine.
PS: So far each time I have searched about this matter, the only Merchants I find for the Germans are always listed as Kriegmarine Fleet Auxiliary Ships. Indeed 1 such type ship looks remarkabley like a T2.