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Originally Posted by Chisum
Few days ago, august 1940, I meet an american cargo all light off...
Order from Bdu says in that case we may open the fire.
When I watch she is american, I stop the fire and she don't sunk(but was in flames)...
But if she sunks, what's happend after ??
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Nothing much
. You will lose some renown (the amount is equal to the amount you would get for sinking the same ship if it was enemy), and the nation whose ship you sank will be hostile to you for 24 hours.
Regarding the lights, they are not the accurate method for recognizing friend or foe. Many neutrals sail darkened, they can be found in convoys too. And when a nation joins the Allies, its ships who are already at sea with the lights on, will not turn them off. I sank a large number of American ships with the nav lights on in December 1941, just after they entered the war.
The only method of identification is the flag, which obviously doesn't work very well at night, and you will sometimes sink a wrong ship. Just try not to sink one of ours.
