Photos Ship camouflage patterns

[NebrHogger]

Since the majority of these are from WW1, I'll post it here. The WW2 ships should be obvious.

FFS Glorie

USS West Mahomet

USS Narkeeta

HMS Adventure

USS Nebraska

USS Nebr different view

RMSMauratania

RMS Olympic

SS Empress of Russia

USS Leviathan

USS K5

HMS Polyanthus

HMS Rocksand

HMS Argus

HMS Argus - another view

USS Alloway

HMS Adventure

FFS Gluar I'm not sure of the name - I transliterated it from Russian phonetically

HMAS Yarra Not sure of this name, either

Tirpitz No mistaking this one!

 

[BravoZulu]

HMAS Yarra is correct mate, River class. A great idea for a thread @NebrHogger , I 'm pretty sure that research has shown that camouflage patterns on ships were quite pointless in their impact on the enemies ability to sight and then range. It was found that the various shades of Haze Grey employed by the various navies is much more effective

 

[Nansouty]

Pardon the thread necromancy!

Thanks for these pics. USS West Mahomet is really spectacular, it gives a good idea of the purpose of these dazzle paint schemes. Any U-Boot skipper aiming a torpedo at her would be sure to suffer a tremendous headache!

Regarding the 1st and 18th photos, they are of the same ship, the Free French light cruiser Gloire. Phonetically, you're very close with your transcription "Gluar". Gloire had a very interesting career during WW2, a good illustration of the divided loyalties that plagued the French Navy in these times of trial.

The Wikipedia page gives a fairly good account.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_cruiser_Gloire_(1935)