Clearly sank British merchant yet the end game screen indicates neutral tonnage sunk?

Paul Riley · 03-18-10, 05:46 AM

30th Sept 1939

These bloody neutrals are doing my head in now! last night after a long journey through the channel we finally broke out into the celtic sea.I decided to conduct sound checks every 3hrs from here on upto our patrol grid just south of Ireland,and as fate would have it on our first sound check I heard distant screws somewhere N-NNE of us coming out of the Irish sea somewhere.I instantly gave chase and caught sight of the vessel after 30 mins.We were already in a good position for a submerged 90 deg perpendicular shot into it.As the vessel got closer we ID'd it as a British coastal merchant,about 2000 tonnes or so,nothing spectacular.I decided to carry on with the attack as the men have been restless the last few days,and I sent one into her bow causing her to sink in less than 5mins.As the night was drawing on and I was getting tired I decided to save my game and call it quits for the night,and was greeted with a very annoying sight! on the end game screen you get for coming out of the game,it didnt say 'allied tonnage sunk' it said NEUTRAL!!

Now I CLEARLY saw the British flag on this bugger! it was a clear sunny day,I was 500m from its beam and saw the god damn BRITISH flag!!
Dont even tell me it was Canadian!!

,is their flag the same as the British?! and if it WAS Canadian what the hell are they doing heading towards the channel?,did they go that far?,I mean this early in the war?
Anyhow,i'm gonna edit the patrol after I finish it to cancel out this neutral sinking,i'm getting really annoyed with the buggers now.
One last thing,the sinking on the map is indicated in red,meaning allied/hostile

Anyone know whats happening here?

03-18-10, 05:46 AM	#1
Paul Riley Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sheffield, England Posts: 2,679 Downloads: 165 Uploads: 0	Clearly sank British merchant yet the end game screen indicates neutral tonnage sunk? 30th Sept 1939 These bloody neutrals are doing my head in now! last night after a long journey through the channel we finally broke out into the celtic sea.I decided to conduct sound checks every 3hrs from here on upto our patrol grid just south of Ireland,and as fate would have it on our first sound check I heard distant screws somewhere N-NNE of us coming out of the Irish sea somewhere.I instantly gave chase and caught sight of the vessel after 30 mins.We were already in a good position for a submerged 90 deg perpendicular shot into it.As the vessel got closer we ID'd it as a British coastal merchant,about 2000 tonnes or so,nothing spectacular.I decided to carry on with the attack as the men have been restless the last few days,and I sent one into her bow causing her to sink in less than 5mins.As the night was drawing on and I was getting tired I decided to save my game and call it quits for the night,and was greeted with a very annoying sight! on the end game screen you get for coming out of the game,it didnt say 'allied tonnage sunk' it said NEUTRAL!! Now I CLEARLY saw the British flag on this bugger! it was a clear sunny day,I was 500m from its beam and saw the god damn BRITISH flag!! Dont even tell me it was Canadian!! ,is their flag the same as the British?! and if it WAS Canadian what the hell are they doing heading towards the channel?,did they go that far?,I mean this early in the war? Anyhow,i'm gonna edit the patrol after I finish it to cancel out this neutral sinking,i'm getting really annoyed with the buggers now. One last thing,the sinking on the map is indicated in red,meaning allied/hostile Anyone know whats happening here? __________________ Best Patrol: 10 merchants + HMS Nelson for 68.056 Tonnes