[moscowexile]

Yes, they're way too large, especially on the merchantmen. British merchant vessels flew the Red Ensign at the sternrail and the House Flag from the mainmast. Royal navy practice in battle was, I believe, to hoist three White Ensigns on separate halliards lest one of them be shot away, which event, if only one ensign were hoisted, would possibly be taken by the enemy as the striking of one's colours. I'm sure the US Navy followed the same custom. I've just encountered a Japanese convoy for the first time after having metamorphosed from a Leutnant zur See in the Kriegsmarine into a US Navy submarine commander and was very surprised at the size of the Japanese flags in what are otherwise excellent mods. (I'm using TMO and RSRD on 1.4.). I entered a search for a flag reduction mod and ended up here almost one year after the previous mailing on this topic was posted.