1. Being a neutral ship she was released on 4 October 1939. 2. She sent in a neutral ship flying Papenburg colours, suspected of carrying Spanish property. 3. When Havana as a stopover point, for transferring cargoes to and from neutral ships . 4. The Berlin Decree of 1806 forbade French, allied or neutral ships trading with Britain. 5. She was the fourth and last of the so-called neutral ships to meet her end. 6. A neutral ship must obey a request to stop for inspection from the blockading nation. 7. As a neutral ship , " Louisville " traveled the U-boat-infested waters with her American flag spotlighted. 8. Thereafter, Iranian attacks on neutral ships dropped drastically. 9. Unusually, the Germans then allowed her to proceed because being Danish, she was a neutral ship . 10. In World War I, neutral ships were subject to being stopped to be searched for contraband.
