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  2. Dazzle camouflage - Wikipedia

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    Dazzle camouflage, also known as razzle dazzle (in the U.S.) or dazzle painting, is a family of ship camouflage that was used extensively in World War I, and to a lesser extent in World War II and afterwards.

  3. World War II US Navy dazzle camouflage measures 31, 32 and 33 ...

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    World War II US Navy dazzle camouflage measures 31, 32 and 33: battleships. Dazzle camouflage of warships was adopted by the U.S. Navy during World War II, following research at the Naval Research Laboratory. Dazzle consists in painting obtrusive patterns on vertical surfaces.

  4. World War II ship camouflage measures of the United States ...

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    An experimental dazzle pattern developed directly from British First Admiralty Disruptive Type. Used in late 1942 on at least three vessels, the battleship Indiana, the destroyer Hobson, and the oiler Tallulah, in Navy Blue, Ocean Gray, Haze Gray and (Hobson only) White

  5. World War II US Navy dazzle camouflage measures 31, 32 and 33 ...

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    World War II US Navy dazzle camouflage measures 31, 32 and 33: aircraft carriers. Dazzle camouflage of warships was adopted by the U.S. Navy during World War II, following research at the Naval Research Laboratory. Dazzle consists in painting obtrusive patterns on vertical surfaces.

  6. Camouflage - Wikipedia

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    A soldier applying camouflage face paint; both helmet and jacket are disruptively patterned. Camouflage is the use of any combination of materials, coloration, or illumination for concealment, either by making animals or objects hard to see, or by disguising them as something else. Examples include the leopard 's spotted coat, the battledress ...

  7. Ship camouflage - Wikipedia

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    Several types of marine camouflage have been used or prototyped: blending or crypsis, in which a paint scheme attempts to hide a ship from view; deception, in which a ship is made to look smaller or, as with the Q-ships, to mimic merchantmen; and dazzle, a chaotic paint scheme which tries to confuse any estimate of distance, direction, or heading.

  8. Norman Wilkinson (artist) - Wikipedia

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    Norman Wilkinson CBE RI (24 November 1878 – 30 May 1971) was a British artist who usually worked in oils, watercolours and drypoint. He was primarily a marine painter, but also an illustrator, poster artist, and wartime camoufleur. Wilkinson invented dazzle painting to protect merchant shipping during the First World War .

  9. Dazzle-ships in Drydock at Liverpool - Wikipedia

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    Dazzle-ships in Drydock at Liverpool is a 1919 oil painting by the English artist Edward Wadsworth. It is one of Wadsworth's most famous paintings and depicts a freshly painted vessel with dazzle camouflage in dry dock.

  10. Talk:Dazzle camouflage - Wikipedia

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    Only at comparatively short ranges are dazzle-painted ships more conspicuous; if they were at longer ranges, dazzle wouldn't work, & indeed would be counterproductive. On this, Wilkinson himself disagrees: "Indeed, Wilkinson admitted that dazzle painting might make a ship more visible in some circumstances, and hence more vulnerable." (Forbes, p.

  11. Steven Spurrier (artist) - Wikipedia

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    London, England. Education. Heatherley's School of Fine Art. Gilbert Garrett School. Known for. Painting. Steven Spurrier RA (13 July 1878 – 11 March 1961) was a British artist known for his paintings, book and magazine illustrations, and poster designs. He was a war artist in both World Wars.