German ships famously adopted an “unrestricted ... of dazzle designs across the British fleet. HMT Olympic in dazzle camouflage after service as a troopship during World War I, 1919.

Bold, irregular geometric patterns — known as dazzle camouflage — were painted on ships to confuse enemy submariners. The idea was simple: distort the perception of a ship’s speed ...

The effectiveness of the iconic dazzle camouflage used on British Royal Navy ships during the First World War could be “substantially overestimated”, according to a new study. Instead ...

Geometric ‘dazzle’ camouflage was used on ships in WWI to confuse enemy onlookers as to the direction and speed of the ship Timothy Meese and Samantha Strong reanalysed historic data from 1919 ...

They created hundreds of unique camouflage patterns. One of the camouflaged vessels was the small warship HMS M33, here at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. She has been restored to her dazzle scheme.

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