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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 '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. The design incorporates large irregular sweeps in black, green and
grey. The bow end of the design, including the foremost mast and superstructure is rendered in the three shades of grey, with three blocks
of black and a large irregular straight edged shape in dark grey (No 3). The lightest grey (No 1) covers the majority of this area. The
central section is predominantly black and green, with black and green on the second funnel and black on the third, with background areas
in light grey. The stern is also mainly light grey with a large black semi-circle and a curved black stripe on the hull, and a small black
stripe on the rearmost gun turret.
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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