Burnell Poole
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Burnell Poole was an American naval artist.
Burnell Poole at work on a naval painting in 1920
Ships in dazzle camouflage, painted by Burnell Poole, 1918
The 6th Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet Leaving the Firth of Forth in 1918
A Fast Convoy: USS Leviathan escorted by USS Allen. 1920s
Dazzle camouflage
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Dazzle camouflage, also known as razzle dazzle or dazzle painting, is a type of ship camouflage that was used extensively in World War I, and to a lesser extent in World War II and afterwards. Credite
Burnell Poole
…were unfinished on his death in 1939, and some were destroyed in a warehouse fire, but the remainder provide a view of the ships of the time and their dazzle camouflage. He painted a variety of canvases of scenes of ships in action, including of the destroyer USS Allen escorting the troopship USS Leviathan. Describing…
USS West Mahomet in dazzle camouflage, 1918
Eyepiece image of a warship in a naval coincidence rangefinder, image halves not yet adjusted for range. The target's masts are especially useful for rangefinding, so Kerr proposed disrupting these with white bands.
Claimed effectiveness: Artist's conception of a U-boat commander's periscope view of a merchant ship in dazzle camouflage (left) and the same ship uncamouflaged (right), Encyclopædia Britannica, 1922. The conspicuous markings obscure the ship's heading.
A naval coincidence rangefinder, c. 1930