War artist Arthur Lismer captured the return of the troopship SS Olympic (centre) to Halifax harbour following the First World War. Olympic’s multi-coloured dazzle camouflage, added in 1917 at the height of the German U-Boat threat, was intended to make the ship more difficult to identify and target. The painting also provides a glimpse of the busy Halifax dockyard, Canada’s principal wartime naval base.
Sister ship of the Titanic. Following WWI, returned to being a cruise ship until scrapped in 1935.
God i love razzle dazzle camouflage. I say we bring it back even when we aren’t at total war.
Extra artporn titbit: the British hired artists during the war to design dazzle patterns for ships. Wouldn’t be surprising if other countries, such as Canada did too.
I can’t remember how loosely Canada was connected to the UK in WW2, but they came along to all our adventures. Pilots, DDay beach landings. Also kicked the SS out of Caen.
Is that ship coming or going? I can’t even tell.
I know, right? How the hell am I supposed to aim a torpedo that’s gonna take a couple of minutes to get to where the ship’s supposed to be then?
I know, right? How the hell am I supposed to aim a torpedo that’s gonna take a couple of minutes to get to where the ship’s supposed to be then?
