Q: In an excerpt from the deck log of an LST (Landing Ship, Tank) in a November 1943 convoy heading from the Mediterranean to England, the log notes three times that the escorts executed or hoisted a “black flag.” What does a black flag indicate?Ī: This is a trickier question than it may at first appear. References mention that Allied convoy escorts during the Battle of the Atlantic would sometimes raise this ominous-sounding alert.
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