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War artist Arthur Lismer captured the return of the troopship SS Olympic (centre) to Halifax harbour following the First World War. Olympic's multi-coloured dazzle camouflage, added in 1917 at the height of the German U-Boat threat, was intended to make the ship more difficult to identify and target. The painting also provides a glimpse of the busy Halifax dockyard, Canada's principal wartime naval base.

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[–] GreyShuck@feddit.uk 5 points 9 months ago

Sister ship of the Titanic. Following WWI, returned to being a cruise ship until scrapped in 1935.

[–] apis 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Extra artporn titbit: the British hired artists during the war to design dazzle patterns for ships. Wouldn't be surprising if other countries, such as Canada did too.

[–] craftyindividual@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

I can't remember how loosely Canada was connected to the UK in WW2, but they came along to all our adventures. Pilots, DDay beach landings. Also kicked the SS out of Caen.