SUBMARINE CAMOUFLAGE
"PROTECTIVE COLOURING" Experiments carried out over a long period in different parts of the world havo led to submarines being painted different colours when serving in different seas. The "protective colouring" is chosen to make the submarine invisible from the air when submerged. For some time it was thought that a grey-green would prove the best colour everywhere. It has now been discovered that the water differs so much in different seas that a colour which proves invisible in one Bea may prove the worst possible colour in another part of the world. For this reason British submarines operating in the Atlantic are painted grey-green, those stationed in the Mediterranean are Royal blue, while those serving in the Hed Sea are painted black.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22402, 24 April 1936, Page 21
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125SUBMARINE CAMOUFLAGE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22402, 24 April 1936, Page 21
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