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Originally Posted by gap
Unlike the caption, I believe the picture to portray the Forbin in her pre-war paint scheme. As a vessel under direct control of MoWT and crewed by the FNFL, I doubt she would have retained her old colors, but the again, who knows? The ensign wore by the vessel could help clearing up this doubt, but unfortunately the picture resolution is too poor to discerne the presence or absence of the Cross of Lorraine on the French Flag flown at ship's stern  |
Ockham's razor says it's pre-war photo: no armament, no camouflage, no Cross of Lorraine, no signs of intensive wartime use, no emergency liferafts.