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whole: a schematic drawing for Dazzle camouflage, featuring a hand-drawn and hand-painted port view of an aircraft
carrier. Two superstructure details are arranged above the ship. All text is hand-lettered.
image: a port view of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Argus. The design applies a scheme of black, blue, and blue grey. The design is
largely split in two in terms of colour, with blocks of black dominating the bow half and blocks of blue the stern half. All is set against
a blue grey background. The bow section is separated by a large black irregular sweep with black, slightly curved, vertical lines beneath
this shape and black horizontal blocks on the bow itself. The large central section of the design is roughly divided between top and
bottom. The top half uses large, roughly diagonal, stripes which run from top left to bottom right. The bottom half also uses these shapes,
but they run from top right to bottom left. There is then a large blue diagonal stripe, from top right to bottom left, which divides the
central and stern sections. The stern section utilises blue roughly vertical stripes. The two superstructure details show the designs of
the aft end of the midship superstructure and the stern. Both incorporate mainly blue stripes set against blue grey.
HMS Order No 97 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | shipping Transport Department ARGUS (HMS) Ministry of Shipping First Battle of the Atlantic 1914-1918 Royal Navy Dazzle Section Camouflage dazzle / marine camouflage First World War Atlantic Ocean | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Ministry of Shipping, Transport Department | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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