WWII war surplus in TC
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2000 7:19 am
Hi Again Geoff and Hans,
Further on the subject of gray paint, I know for a fact that it was common
practice in the merchant marine of Germany at least during the outbreak of
the second war to mix all paint on board and paint the ship some shade of
gray. That is principally what you get when you mix many paint pigments.
This adds credence to your comment about variability.
My father reported doing this after they pulled the Bremen out of New York
City Pier 41 police impoundment the night after Germany started the Blitz
Krig in Poland. BTW they did this without the usual tugs, and quickly
painted that great big ship gray while underway, evading the US, Canadian,
and English fleets as well as icebergs, and made it all the way to Murmansk.
They had a primitive radar and listened to the BBC listing the crew's names
as being captured. Never read about this in history books. Anybody recall
this? He died in 1975 and I'm as young as my TC.
Cheers, Peter
-----Original Message-----
From: Geoffrey WHEATLEY [mailto:MDandGI@webtv.net]
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 8:57 AM
To: HANS HOLTMAN
Cc: T-ABC Club
Subject: [mg-tabc] Re: TC Aug.1946
It is my understanding and please note the use of the word UNDERSTANDING
just in case someone wants to start another long debate..that the grey
used on both the fire wall and the engine was battleship grey originally
purchased after the war from Government surplus supply. To my knowledge
there never was a code for this and it varied in colour from batch to
batch.
Regards Geoff
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Further on the subject of gray paint, I know for a fact that it was common
practice in the merchant marine of Germany at least during the outbreak of
the second war to mix all paint on board and paint the ship some shade of
gray. That is principally what you get when you mix many paint pigments.
This adds credence to your comment about variability.
My father reported doing this after they pulled the Bremen out of New York
City Pier 41 police impoundment the night after Germany started the Blitz
Krig in Poland. BTW they did this without the usual tugs, and quickly
painted that great big ship gray while underway, evading the US, Canadian,
and English fleets as well as icebergs, and made it all the way to Murmansk.
They had a primitive radar and listened to the BBC listing the crew's names
as being captured. Never read about this in history books. Anybody recall
this? He died in 1975 and I'm as young as my TC.
Cheers, Peter
-----Original Message-----
From: Geoffrey WHEATLEY [mailto:MDandGI@webtv.net]
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 8:57 AM
To: HANS HOLTMAN
Cc: T-ABC Club
Subject: [mg-tabc] Re: TC Aug.1946
It is my understanding and please note the use of the word UNDERSTANDING
just in case someone wants to start another long debate..that the grey
used on both the fire wall and the engine was battleship grey originally
purchased after the war from Government surplus supply. To my knowledge
there never was a code for this and it varied in colour from batch to
batch.
Regards Geoff
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