Neutral ship flying French flag(?)

RawJoh1 · 02-01-09, 04:36 PM

Hi guys, this is my first post. Sorry for bumping this old thread but it's relevant to what I want to ask.

I'm playing GWX 3.0 and was following a merchant ship. I submerged, got close (around 1000m) and inspected the flag. Now, I'm 99% sure it was French. But when I torpedoed it, it showed up in green and was thus neutral.

So far my story's pretty similar to that expressed in the OP. However, in my game it's 20th September 1939, so the ship could NOT have belonged to Vichy France, since Vichy France does not exist yet.

Here are 3 screenshots of the neutral ship. The first two show the flag, the last one has the date on it.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y24...1988/flag1.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y24...1988/flag2.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y24...s1988/date.jpg

Any ideas? My initial thought was that it could be a Belgian ship, and due to it being night its flag looks like a French flag. But I think that's pretty unlikely. You can clearly see that the flag is the colour of the French flag.

Any ideas?

02-01-09, 04:36 PM	#16
RawJoh1 Swabbie Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 6 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Hi guys, this is my first post. Sorry for bumping this old thread but it's relevant to what I want to ask. I'm playing GWX 3.0 and was following a merchant ship. I submerged, got close (around 1000m) and inspected the flag. Now, I'm 99% sure it was French. But when I torpedoed it, it showed up in green and was thus neutral. So far my story's pretty similar to that expressed in the OP. However, in my game it's 20th September 1939, so the ship could NOT have belonged to Vichy France, since Vichy France does not exist yet. Here are 3 screenshots of the neutral ship. The first two show the flag, the last one has the date on it. http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y24...1988/flag1.jpg http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y24...1988/flag2.jpg http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y24...s1988/date.jpg Any ideas? My initial thought was that it could be a Belgian ship, and due to it being night its flag looks like a French flag. But I think that's pretty unlikely. You can clearly see that the flag is the colour of the French flag. Any ideas?