The usual unrecorded tonnage issue, why??

[GT182]

Neutral shipping in a convoy should not affect your renoun. But, this could depend on the year. I sank a neutral Coastal Merchant in a convoy, July 1942 heading out of the Channel back south to wherever, and my renoun was not penalised. She showed as my target, and green in the TDC which means neutral. But note too that she had a deckgun mounted on the stern.

I my Nov 1940 patrol I sank a Neutral C2 cargo with no deckguns, and had no reprimands or loss of renoun.

[Boggy]

When I put the second torpedoe in her she broke in half and sank straight away...yet no 'she's going down' message. Not sure why, I was only about 500 mtrs from her.

The neutral units that I sank on my first patrol (in 1939) were all lone norwegian merchants.

Off to start my third patrol...

[bigboywooly]

Originally Posted by GT182

But note too that she had a deckgun mounted on the stern.

I my Nov 1940 patrol I sank a Neutral C2 cargo with no deckguns, and had no reprimands or loss of renoun.

Thats because the neutrals use the same ships as the Allies\Axis countries and as they evolve thru the years they get guns
So unfortunately that means neutrals get them too

[zzsteven]

Contrary to popular opinion, you do get penalized for sinking neutral shipping. From basic.cfg :

[RENOWN]
RenownReachGridObjCompleted=500
RenownPatrolGridObjCompleted=200
CompletedPatrol=100
NEUTRAL=-1 <--------------------------------------------
ALLIED=1
AXIS=-10
WrongShipSunk=-5000
FirstRankRenown=1000
SecondRankRenown=3500
EndCampaign=-5000

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