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Description: | whole: a schematic drawing for Dazzle camouflage, featuring a hand-drawn and hand-painted starboard view of a warship. A
superstructure detail is placed centre right. All text is hand-lettered.
image: a starboard view of the Royal Navy 'Lion class' battlecruiser HMS Lion. The design incorporates a scheme of broad irregular sweeps
of black, white and blue grey combined with small acutely triangular shapes in black. There is also a false 'bow' integrated, complete with
bow wave.
HMS Order No 9.
This design was never applied
The blue pigment originally applied has been scraped away | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | shipping LION (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 | 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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