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Description: | Introduced by the British Admiralty in 1917, dazzle camouflage was intended to distort a ship's external appearance, making it harder for enemy submarines to aim torpedoes accurately. Over 2,700 British mercahnt ships were camouflaged this way by October 1918.
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ship model made in 1917 to illustrate one of the many dazzle painted camouflage schemes designed by Norman Wilkinson and the Admiralty.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Norman Wilkinson/Admiralty | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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