About merchant ship wartime colours

Mister_M · 10-27-21, 03:51 PM

Here is my analysis of the commodore's (Hugh Hext Rogers) drawing of convoy OB.330 ships (assuming that colors are accurate) :

1. Ships with their original colors : hulls are black (sometimes dark grey), and upper structures are white, light yellow, buff or brown, funnels have different colors (orange, blue, black). MANAQUI is plain dark grey (maybe a repaint ?). Many of them are British (so "rules" are not very respected...).

2. Ships with hull (probably) repainted in grey : most of ships are tankers, it's a light grey paint.

3. Ships with superstructures (probably) repainted in grey : the hull remains very dark (black). HEINA superstructures are perhaps actually white...

4. Ships in plain grey (probably a war repaint) : note that there are different shades of grey from ship to ship...

10-27-21, 03:51 PM	#1
Mister_M Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2021 Posts: 814 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	Here is my analysis of the commodore's (Hugh Hext Rogers) drawing of convoy OB.330 ships (assuming that colors are accurate) : 1. Ships with their original colors : hulls are black (sometimes dark grey), and upper structures are white, light yellow, buff or brown, funnels have different colors (orange, blue, black). MANAQUI is plain dark grey (maybe a repaint ?). Many of them are British (so "rules" are not very respected...). 2. Ships with hull (probably) repainted in grey : most of ships are tankers, it's a light grey paint. 3. Ships with superstructures (probably) repainted in grey : the hull remains very dark (black). HEINA superstructures are perhaps actually white... 4. Ships in plain grey (probably a war repaint) : note that there are different shades of grey from ship to ship... Last edited by Mister_M; 10-27-21 at 04:18 PM.