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Originally Posted by frau kaleun
I wonder though, with this "neutral" convoy that turned out to be mostly British, were there escorts and were the escorts also British (or from another enemy nation)? What would happen if you attacked an enemy ship in the midst of a convoy escorted by ships from a neutral country... would the neutral escorts come after you? Or are there no neutral ships doing escort duty in the Eastern half of the Atlantic?
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Yes they do, believe me,know first hand. I did the same thing in about 1940. A neutral convoy, well, lets go have a look. Sailing on the surface, midday, sun shining. I approach the convoy, waving hello (might as well be friendly to my fellow sailors), watching through the UZO.
Escorted by American destroyers, should be no problem as long as I don't attack. I look over the convoy as I am approaching, suddenly, we are taking damage , sir!
What! Where! From who? Apparantly a destroyers job is to protect everyone in the convoy. Who knew!
Took a lot of damage and got the hell out of there.