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    Hello folks


    I'm looking for colour images of late 19th century (1870 onwards) RN ships. I need to know what paint schemes they used. So far, I only found either b&w photos, or colors of WWI, by which time they had switched to grey. Any sources?

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    Originally posted by jlvfr View Post
    Hello folks


    I'm looking for colour images of late 19th century (1870 onwards) RN ships. I need to know what paint schemes they used. So far, I only found either b&w photos, or colors of WWI, by which time they had switched to grey. Any sources?
    Black hull, white superstructure and yellow ochre stacks
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        Thanks a lot, folks :)

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            • #7
              All the chimneys are yellow but on the image niobe1 (3rd pic, msg #5) where they are red. Why the color change?
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              • #8
                Originally posted by Doktor View Post
                All the chimneys are yellow but on the image niobe1 (3rd pic, msg #5) where they are red. Why the color change?
                It could be lighting and the artist's impression - details of color schemes are hard to find - but the general yellow ochre color of the stacks could look red at sunset. (note the fleet in review in post #3, final image- at sunset - the shadow side of the stacks look red there too).
                I have seen variety in the masts - some black - some stack color - some darker ochre, also white.

                The Monarch and Captain seemed to use a different scheme. - with black (Captain) and white (Monarch) stacks. They were experimental vessels.
                I thought BigFella might enjoy seeing that model of Cerberus. :) (I was trying to upload that one by name when I got the line drawing in error - but it was worth leaving there IMO)

                It's fun to return to battleships after the grim current events of late...
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                • #9
                  it's amazing to see the amount of evolution from 1870-1905.
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by astralis View Post
                    it's amazing to see the amount of evolution from 1870-1905.
                    Indeed, the pace of naval change is amazing.

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                    • #11
                      Warfarfe does tend to cause an acceleration of technology.

                      Compare frontline aircraft in service in 1939 for all major belligerants to 1945...I am not talking about the exotic prototypes, I am talking amazing frontline aircraft which didn't even exist in the mind's eye in 1939.

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