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Exploring a WWI ‘Dazzle ship’
The HMS President was built in 1917 to sink German U-Boats.
It was known as a “Dazzle ship” - a measure invented by Norman Wilkinson - which camouflaged vessels by painting disorientating shapes and patterns to help protect them from German torpedoes.
The 鶹 Travel Show’s Christa Larwood finds out more.
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