Russian Ship Camouflage in the First World War

Posted on by awetherhorn

The Russian Fleet in the Black Sea apparently used camouflage on some of their ships. Other Russian warships of that era, with one exception, did not try to use camouflage.

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This is the old battleship SINOPE
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Here is another view of SINOPE
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A Russian freighter, identified as KAMENETZ-PODOLSK. The camouflage design may be British.
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The destroyer GROMKI built in the Nikolaev shipyard which is now located in the Ukraine.
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The destroyer SHASTLIVY, the only Baltic Fleet ship I’ve seen in camouflage.
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Another view of SHASTLIVY

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