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whole: a schematic drawing for Dazzle camouflage, featuring a hand-drawn and hand-painted starboard view of a warship. All
text is hand-lettered.
image: a starboard view of the Royal Navy 'Active class' scout cruiser HMS Fearless. The design applies a scheme of black, white, blue,
blue grey, mauve and blue green. The design incorporates broad irregular sweeps of black interspersed with blocks of blue grey towards the
bow, and mauve and blue towards the stern. The overall design suggestive of a smaller vessel with a 'false bow' in blue grey and outlined
in black. The actual bow is coloured blue green with rectangular blocks of white. The stern is white and mauve. The two formost funnels and
the surrounding area are white and the rearmost funnels coloured largely in black.
HMS Order No 15 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | shipping Transport Department Ministry of Shipping First Battle of the Atlantic 1914-1918 cruiser (1912) Royal Navy Dazzle Section Camouflage dazzle / marine camouflage HMS FEARLESS 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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