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11-03-21, 03:28 AM | #1 | |
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Out of curiosity I looked up Janus's shipping company in a WW2 ID book - sure enough the paint scheme for that line was grey and white. They also had bright yellow funnel markings...probably didn't help. I also read an article on the TM-1 convoy disaster, with 7 of 9 tankers sunk (can't find the web page anymore, sorry) - the destroyers escorting the tankers were painted an inappropriate shade of grey, which the U-Boats used to locate the convoy in the moonlight. Apparently, certain shades of grey paint made a ship highly visible on a clear night when the moon was out....thus the highly specific regulations about what shade of grey you were supposed to use.
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11-03-21, 06:42 AM | #2 | ||
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To confirm this, it would be useful to find original (peace time) paint sheme of these ships : Quote:
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11-04-21, 02:44 AM | #3 | |
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Same for Talthybius : https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...29&postcount=1 Phidias had white superstructures and a black strip at the top of the stack (https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/982.html). Daru : https://www.wrecksite.eu/img/wrecks/z_daru_mv.jpg Sally Maersk : https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/1089.html ... So, finally, it seems that it was more important to remove white surfaces than black ones. Last edited by Mister_M; 11-04-21 at 08:21 AM. |
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11-04-21, 10:12 PM | #4 | ||
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