[KaleunMarco]

Originally Posted by Havan_IronOak

I'm guessing that the Hospital ship needs to be the first non-warship in the convoy for it to be tagged as neutral? I have spotted a hospital ship that was the trailing vessel in a small convoy and it was first tagged as "Red/hostile" convoy.

actually, no, it does not have to be the lead ship.
the convoy leader is designated in the dotMIS file that defines the convoy.
any ship can be the leader.
if the leader is a combat ship, then the group is a "task force".
if the leader is an merchie, then the group is a "convoy".
if the leader is a neutral ship, then the group is a neutral "convoy" or "task force".
this is the reason why we see a "task force" turn out to be four merchies with escorts: the lead ship was designated as one of the escorts rather than one of the merchies. in reality (simulated of course), this is a small convoy whose designer probably mis-clicked on the DD/DE as the leader rather than one of merchies.