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Originally Posted by Chris Isaac
I am fairly Union-Castleish and have heard this before.
The hull colour we knew as Lavender Grey. I know of others who have called it London Grey. At the time I was with them I never heard it described as Mountbatten Pink but then if the story is true then I would guess that it was only named thus in the RN as U-C already had their own name for the colour.
The slight doubts I have about the story are that by the time ships were sailing in convoys they were no longer in company colours. Also Union-Castle ships were not often in convoys as their speed was their protection.
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That is interesting, and your last Para makes a lot of sense. Perhaps this is a case of a story being invented to make a legend better. Even the explanation given in the programme sounded a little contrived and tentative, but I suppose if it Googles nowadays it is true.