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Originally Posted by Elder-Pirate
Better take another good look at the picture and if that is not good enough read the text below the picture.
Here I'll refresh your mind:
"A "jack" (Goesch or Gösch in German) is a small version of the national flag that is flown from a jackstaff on the bow of a war ship to indicate its nationality, while a military or war ensign is flown on the stern. A jack is below shown flying from the jackstaff on a new submarine just launched at the Krupp Germania Wharf Kiel, in the period ad at the left.
Do you still want to call the writer a liar?? |
The Gösch was just flown at
Warships, a U-Boot is, in Kriegsmarine Terms, not a ship its a Boat. In the Kriegsmarine from 1918 to 1945 the Gösch wasnt flown at smaller Units like U-Boots and Schnellboots, Minesweepers etc.
Showing the Gösch at smaller units was against the Traditions and Regulations of the Kriegsmarine.
The Flag flown at the U-Boot at Krupp Germania ist the regular Civilan Naval Flag which was always flown at Boots or Ships before the Handover ceremony to the Kriegsmarine, then the Civilan flag was removed and the Reichkriegsflagge was put up (only in Peacetime).