by maxim » Sun May 21, 2023 3:46 am
A remark to the colours:
the larger ships were painted in two grey colours, both of them being light greys. The darker one is called dark grey, but was usually not dark at all. This grey was used on the hulls, wheres the superstructure and on some cases part of the hull were painted in the lighter grey. The separation of these two greys can be difficult to see, because there was no big contrast between them (at the end of the war, there are examples of the darker of the two greys being much darker).
In case of the torpedo boats (destroyers), they were originally painted black, but starting in 1915, they were painted in the darker of the two light greys (the "dark grey"). Officially, that was changed in 1916 (as wefalck has written), but many destroyers were painted earlier in grey - and some smaller torpedo boats (e.g. those with "A" numbers) were painted black also after 1916.
I think that G 39 and her sisterships never were painted black, but always in the darker of the two light greys.
A remark to the colours:
the larger ships were painted in two grey colours, both of them being light greys. The darker one is called dark grey, but was usually not dark at all. This grey was used on the hulls, wheres the superstructure and on some cases part of the hull were painted in the lighter grey. The separation of these two greys can be difficult to see, because there was no big contrast between them (at the end of the war, there are examples of the darker of the two greys being much darker).
In case of the torpedo boats (destroyers), they were originally painted black, but starting in 1915, they were painted in the darker of the two light greys (the "dark grey"). Officially, that was changed in 1916 (as wefalck has written), but many destroyers were painted earlier in grey - and some smaller torpedo boats (e.g. those with "A" numbers) were painted black also after 1916.
I think that G 39 and her sisterships never were painted black, but always in the darker of the two light greys.