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On the 11th of November in 1940. The Brits launced two waves of swordfish biplanes that sunk the moored Italian battleships........Conte Di Cavour, Caio Diulio, and Littoria. All of this was accomplished with just the loss of two swordfish biplanes. This was the beginin' of the end for the old capitol ships rulin' the high seas. The Japanese Navy took notice of this attack and studied it very carefully, to latter implament it on 7Dec1941. With the destruction of the US Navy battleship fleet, a new war machine was born Naval airpower and the aircraft carrier.

I got the name of the admiral it was Remage.

Note the dazzle camouflage, which does seem effective under a hot glaring sun. I don't think we used it in WW2

We did. Not much. The idea was it made the images in a split image range-finder hard to coincide

We said it didn't do any harm and improved morale. The Yanks said it was successful.Women were sought to create the patterns on wooden models

ACTUALLY, IT'S A ROWING BOAT.

SEE HOW EFFECTIVE THE DAZZLE IS? I THINK THAT'S A WW1 CARRIER ACTUALLY.

Just nipped back to Google. HMS Argus, 1918.

The Flower Class Corvettes used a striking, multi coloured form of comouflage too.

Flash, where is the bridge? I know the WWII Jap carriers had small slanted bridges like their eyes.

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Bridge is level with the flag.

Funnel is below the flight deck, astern.

She was the first officially classified Aircraft carrier. Note by all the portholes she was originally an Italian cruise ship (or else designed so the crew could leap out if action threatened.) 1917-1946. Good innings.

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