Why is a Netherlands ship in this Brit convoy? 1939?

I attacked a convoy October 1939 and there were mostly Netherlands ships in it with a few Brit ships and 3 Brit escorts. I thought the Netherlands was neutral now?

[Hanomag]

Herr kaluen,

Its not unusual to have nuetral vessels sailing amongst the allies, specially early in the war.

Watch where you send those eels.....

[Torplexed]

Later on you'll find plenty of neutral American ships tucked in those juicy convoys. Mustn't bite! :p

Originally Posted by Hanomag

Watch where you send those eels.....

Too late.....

[Einzelganger]

At the start of the war i came across a DD from the Netherlands in Loch Ewe. Now being from the country myself it usually results in me having to sink it, but not this time.

After they are no longer neutral i've found Dutch ships to be few & far between so i'm quite curious to know where you found this convoy and is this in GWX 1.03 / 2 ?

[bigboywooly]

Neutrals often sailed in convoy for protection

example Norway convoy Jan 40
Note not one merchant ship from a country at war BUT still escorted by British warships

Convoy HM.9 A of 19 Norwegian, nine Swedish, four Finnish, four Estonian and one Latvian ships departed Bergen escorted by destroyers INGLEFIELD, ISIS, IMOGEN, KASHMIR and submarine SEAL. Light cruisers GLASGOW and EDINBURGH departed Scapa Flow on the 26th to cover the convoy. Twelve ships in the convoy detached for ports on the west coast escorted by destroyers INGLEFIELD and MOHAWK before the remaining ships and escorts arrived at Methil on the 31st. ISIS entered Falmouth for docking after this escort duty.

Originally Posted by Einzelganger

i'm quite curious to know where you found this convoy and is this in GWX 1.03 / 2 ?

GWX 2.0 October 1939 WNW of Ireland a few hundered kilometers from shore.

[Brag]

Ach, Dutch & American sneaky, unfair, unsporty. neutrality violators, Greeks, too.

Originally Posted by Brag

Ach, Dutch & American sneaky, unfair, unsporty. neutrality violators, Greeks, too.

That's what I was thinking. What else were they doing comming back from the west in the Atlantic? I'll have to get word to the Fuhrer they are not to be trusted.