If the merchant ships could be camouflaged to blend in with the sea and sky, their chances of survival might improve, but they would still be detectable while under way because movement is the nemesis of concealment-so the British took a different approach. Instead of concealing their ships, ...
Wilkinson hired Vorticist Edward Wadsworth to be a port officer in Liverpool, England and to oversee the painting of dazzle ships. In 1918, Wilkinson came to United States to share his dazzle plans. 1,000 plans were developed through this partnership. One of Wilkinson’s U.S. collaborators ...