During World War I ... accurately targeting ships with torpedoes. Conventional wisdom claims the bizarre camouflage pattern worked and helped turn the tide of Great War naval battles.

The effectiveness of the iconic dazzle camouflage used on British Royal Navy ships during the First World War could be “substantially overestimated”, according to a new study. Instead ...

During World War I, navies experimented with painting ships with dazzle camouflage—geometric shapes and stripes ... Their detailed analysis showed a small effect of twist from the dazzle camouflage ...

A passenger ship in dazzle camouflage. © Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons During World War I, navies ...

During World War I, navies experimented with painting ships with dazzle camouflage ... effect of twist from the dazzle camouflage but a much larger one from the horizon effect.

During World War I, navies experimented with painting ships with 'dazzle' camouflage ... effect of twist from the dazzle camouflage but a much larger one from the horizon effect.

But some of the visual impact of Wilkinson’s camouflage is lost today in the black and white images we have of World War One. The striking colours can still be seen on hundreds of model ships in ...

During World War I, navies experimented with painting ships with ‘dazzle ... a small effect of twist from the dazzle camouflage but a much larger one from the horizon effect.