British Battleships of World War One.pdf

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AUDACIOUS SEPTEMBER 1914.

Dark slate grey with white guns and turrets (‘B’ and ‘X’). White converging lines on funnels, masts and remaining turrets.

AUDACIOUS PLAN AND PROFILE 1914.

At the outbreak of war in August 1914 all British battleships were wearing a dark slate grey paintwork scheme. So dark was the shade of

grey that photographic film sometimes had trouble in recording the ships without losing detail in the shadows. White (some red)

recognition bands on funnels stood out boldly but these were quickly painted out on the outbreak of hostilities.

Overleaf: Queen Elizabeth at anchor in the Firth of Forth just a few days after the surrender of the High Seas Fleet (Nov 1918), the

conference for the surrender being held in her wardroom between Admiral David Beatty and Rear Admiral Meurer.