The battleship icon is clearly a German Tirpitz-class battleship. Although the detail is unclear, I'm pretty sure the destroyer is an American Fletcher-class tin can.
Does anyone know what the cruiser icon is supposed to be? The cruiser has a fairly distinctive silhouette (looks very late 1920s, early 1930s to my eye), and very distinctive orange striping on the bow deck, but I don't recognize it.
@Restrisiko: Did you know that it was an Italian cruiser, and if not, how were you able to hunt it down? I must admit, the Italian navy is a blind spot in my knowledge of WW2 naval history . . . .
Not a bad looking ship in profile/silhouette, but kind of odd-looking from other angles. Do you know what the orange-and-white striping on the bow deck was?
Had to be an Italian cruiser. The stripes were a time-long usual at the Italian Navy for identification from the air.
Ah ha! Give that muppet a cookie.Restrisiko wrote:
Had to be an Italian cruiser. The stripes were a time-long usual at the Italian Navy for identification from the air.
Impressive. I was not aware of the orange striping on Italian cruisers.
I wasn't aware of it, either. It's apparently internationally recognized symbology for "Follow me. This way to Taranto, British flyer."F. Marion wrote:
I was not aware of the orange striping on Italian cruisers.
I was just thinking they need more lifeboats.
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