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whole: a schematic drawing for Dazzle camouflage, featuring a hand-drawn and hand-painted port view of a warship. Two
superstructure details are positioned above the main design. All text is hand-lettered.
image: a port view of the Royal Navy 'Monmouth class' cruisers HMS Berwick and HMS Cumberland, which were allotted the same design. The
design applies a scheme of black, green and three shades of grey. In the bow half the design incorporates large irregular sweeps in black
and grey with three blocks of green integrated within it. The bow end of the design uses large irregular sweeps in black. All is set
against light grey (No 1). Part of the superstructure towards the stern end has a straight edged black shape, which combined with the
surrounding areas of black provides a suggestion of a smaller vessel. The second funnel has small blocks of green and black and the third
has a block of black. But the majority of the design above deck uses light grey, including for both masts. The two superstructure details
show the fore and aft sides of the bridge and use roughly diagonal blocks of dark grey and black set against light grey.
HMS Order No 37/38 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | shipping BERWICK (HMS) Transport Department Ministry of Shipping First Battle of the Atlantic 1914-1918 Royal Navy Dazzle Section Camouflage dazzle / marine camouflage First World War Atlantic Ocean CUMBERLAND (HMS) | 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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