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SeaTurtle
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I know that a lot of the British-flagged vessels involved in shipping Confederate supplies were fully or at least partly British-owned, but I did start wondering whether any Confederate ship-owners were able to register their ships under the Red Ensign as a neutral "flag of convenience"?
I'm not sure if it was possible at the time for foreigners to register a vessel under the British flag ... I recall the "Arrow incident" in 1856 which kicked off the Second Opium War: it involved a Chinese-owned but British-flagged ship, though I believe the owner was resident in Hong Kong ... if so then not technically "foreign" to the British Empire.
I'm not sure if it was possible at the time for foreigners to register a vessel under the British flag ... I recall the "Arrow incident" in 1856 which kicked off the Second Opium War: it involved a Chinese-owned but British-flagged ship, though I believe the owner was resident in Hong Kong ... if so then not technically "foreign" to the British Empire.