British Ships "Neutral" in December '41????

01-05-11, 02:21 PM

Greetings all...and a Happy New Year!!

I started a new career and took my boat out on it's shakedown out of Lorient. I was a couple days from home when I came across a lone freighter. So, eager for an easy kill I snuck in and picked out the British flag waving in the breeze.

At that point I sent two eels her way. One missed and the other caught her slighty forward of her screws. I finished her off with the deck gun then sailed home to Lorient.

When I ended the patrol it said that I sank a "NEUTRAL"!!

How's a BRITISH coastal freighter neutral in December of '41????

Paulski · 01-05-11, 02:24 PM

I noticed that all cargo ships are "neutral" on the post-patrol screen. I think the "allied ships sunk" only counts for warships. Not sure, though...

Jimbuna · 01-05-11, 04:26 PM

Are you sure she was British because there are one or two similarly designed/looking flags?

A British vessel would not be neutral in Dec 41

01-05-11, 04:47 PM

Yup...Union Jack in the upper left corner as I was looking at her.

I don't fire til I see the whites of their eyes!

Jimbuna · 01-06-11, 10:22 AM

Most odd...the only other flags possibly matching your description are those of Australia, Canada and South Africa but none of them were neutral in Dec 41

01-06-11, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Most odd...the only other flags possibly matching your description are those of Australia, Canada and South Africa but none of them were neutral in Dec 41

THAT's what I was thinking! The whole British empire was "allied" in '41.

Oh well! I'm just going to write it off as going beyond the scope of my orders. I was on a shakedown. I was told to patrol a grid and was two days out from Lorient when I sunk her.

01-05-11, 02:21 PM	#1
NoGoodLandLubber Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	British Ships "Neutral" in December '41???? Greetings all...and a Happy New Year!! I started a new career and took my boat out on it's shakedown out of Lorient. I was a couple days from home when I came across a lone freighter. So, eager for an easy kill I snuck in and picked out the British flag waving in the breeze. At that point I sent two eels her way. One missed and the other caught her slighty forward of her screws. I finished her off with the deck gun then sailed home to Lorient. When I ended the patrol it said that I sank a "NEUTRAL"!! How's a *BRITISH* coastal freighter neutral in December of '41????

01-05-11, 04:26 PM	#3
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Are you sure she was British because there are one or two similarly designed/looking flags? A British vessel would not be neutral in Dec 41 __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-06-11, 10:22 AM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Most odd...the only other flags possibly matching your description are those of Australia, Canada and South Africa but none of them were neutral in Dec 41 __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-05-11, 02:24 PM	#2
Paulski A-ganger Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 74 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	I noticed that all cargo ships are "neutral" on the post-patrol screen. I think the "allied ships sunk" only counts for warships. Not sure, though...

01-05-11, 04:47 PM	#4
NoGoodLandLubber Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Yup...Union Jack in the upper left corner as I was looking at her. I don't fire til I see the whites of their eyes!