The HMS Kildwick was a Kil Class sloop built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. They were designed for anti-submarine warfare but were completed too late in the war to be used extensively in that role. To confuse submarine observers, they were designed to be double-ended, had a single central funnel, and deckhouses both fore and aft.
To further confuse the submariners, they were also painted in razzle dazzle camouflage which was a family of ship camouflage used extensively in World War I, and to a lesser extent in World War II and afterwards. It consisted of complex patterns of geometric shapes in contrasting colours, interrupting and intersecting each other. Unlike other forms of camouflage, the intention of dazzle is not to conceal but to make it difficult to estimate a target's range, speed, and heading and thus cause the attacker to take up poor firing positions.
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The HMS Kildwick was a Kil Class sloop built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. They were designed for anti-submarine warfare but were completed too late in the war to be used extensively in that role. To confuse submarine observers, they were designed to be double-ended, had a single central funnel, and deckhouses both fore and aft.
To further confuse the submariners, they were also painted in razzle dazzle camouflage which was a family of ship camouflage used extensively in World War I, and to a lesser extent in World War II and afterwards. It consisted of complex patterns of geometric shapes in contrasting colours, interrupting and intersecting each other. Unlike other forms of camouflage, the intention of dazzle is not to conceal but to make it difficult to estimate a target's range, speed, and heading and thus cause the attacker to take up poor firing positions.