Welcome to the thoughts that wash up on the sandy beaches on my mind. Paddling is encouraged.. but watch out for the sharks.
what is it?
It's the RMS Olympic (sister ship to the Titanic) in WW1 'dazzle' paint as part of her Atlantic convoy service in that war.
amazing; a peculiar sort of superstructure under the stacks, there...
Apparently 'dazzle' painting was very effective at making ships harder to hit by submarines because it broke up the ships silhouette which made it more difficult to gauge speed and therefore threw out the timings of torpedoes.
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what is it?
It's the RMS Olympic (sister ship to the Titanic) in WW1 'dazzle' paint as part of her Atlantic convoy service in that war.
amazing; a peculiar sort of superstructure under the stacks, there...
Apparently 'dazzle' painting was very effective at making ships harder to hit by submarines because it broke up the ships silhouette which made it more difficult to gauge speed and therefore threw out the timings of torpedoes.
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