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
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
Norman Wilkinson (artist)
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Norman Wilkinson was an English artist who specialised in marine art. He created several propaganda posters for the British government during the world wars and invented dazzle camouflage to protect A
Dazzle camouflage
…ship camouflage that was used extensively in World War I, and to a lesser extent in World War II and afterwards. Credited to the British marine artist Norman Wilkinson, though with a rejected prior claim by the zoologist John Graham Kerr, it consisted of complex patterns of geometric shapes in contrasting colours…
Wilkinson in front of his painting with a model demonstrating one of his dazzle camouflage designs
A painting by Wilkinson of a convoy with his invention of dazzle painting, 1918
A Few Careless Words May End In This, a propaganda poster created by Wilkinson during World War II
Lusitania (1907)