Was HMS Repulse ever painted white?
I stumbled onto this picture of HMS Repulse on wikipedia. It was taken in the late 1930s, since Repulse already has her hangars. My question is: is the ship actually white in this photo, or is that a...
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I am no expert - but I think she's grey.The way I think I can tell - is that if she was white, her funnels and masts would be buff coloured, and would appear darker on a black and white photo.
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Med Fleet ships in the 30's were painted a very pale grey - quite a bit lighter than the Home Fleet grey. Only ships in the Far East and Indian Ocean were painted white.
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I have also seen pictures where she looks white, and there are more pictures in Burt's British Battleships 1919-1945. In particular one of Renown in 1921 ready to start a Royal Tour, one of Repulse...
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Okay, thanks guys. I also managed to locate some colorized photos of Warspite and Royal Sovereign while they were stationed in the med. While it's impossible to say if the colorization is accurate,...
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Hi, The tones surrounding the ship in the print will also affect how the "eye" sees the hull colour eg, a light grey hull colour will appear " brighter & whiter" if the tone of the sky or...
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Just as a further aside - Repulses final "square block" camo pattern - the one she wore when she was sunk, always looks to me in photos to be black and grey - as your eye again is comparing the darker...
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Some of the grays used by the R.N. in the south Atlantic, Indian, and Southern Pacific Oceans weathered to a yellow tinged white fairly quickly. The web site is a store and they sell nice paint chips...
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I've always thought the RN's battleships looked great in white. Here's Alexandra in the Med in white. Interestingly, the other ships are black http://www.cityof...Read More
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There are several pictures of HMS Repulse on the 'Old Ship Picture Galleries' site, many of them showing her looking very light-coloured.See Read More
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The old types of color camera pictures were printed on paper on which blue faded much faster than other colors.
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Dunno about historical colour schemes - but ~25yrs ago, I took the wife on a Sydney Harbour cruise to get up close to the RAN's 75th anniversary International Fleet Review. I'd never seen so many...
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