British and Commonwealth Warship Camouflage of WWII, Volume 2
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Malcolm Wright
MAL WRIGHT is an Australian maritime artist who is also an internationally-known wargames designer and writer and lecturer. He has spent five decades researching ships camouflage, making notes while interviewing veterans, as well as consulting official sources, photographs and the work of artists of the era. He lives in Adelaide.
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British and Commonwealth Warship Camouflage of WWII, Volume 2 - Malcolm Wright
HMS IRON DUKE Pennant 18
Iron Duke class battleship 1918 and 1939
Iron Duke was flagship of the fleet when the Battle of Jutland in World War I was fought and remained in service after the war. However, under the terms of the 1930 London Naval Treaty, the ship was required to be disarmed as a battleship. As such, she became a training ship with her side armour removed along with ‘B’ and ‘Y’ turrets. The three remaining main gun turrets were fully operable but she also carried a range of other weapons. A platform was built alongside the original ‘Y’ turret base on which a 5.25in twin turret was placed, but fitted with 4.5in guns. This was apparently to perform a dual teaching role. There were various other AA weapons, but these had changed over a period of time to suit requirements. There had been two 4.7in AA guns aft of similar type to those on Rodney and some other ships. At least one was removed for the 5.25in turret. The armament included a quad 2pdr, some single 2pdrs of different patterns and a quad 0.5in MG mount of the type common to the fleet. At one time, it had been intended to fit an octuple 2pdr mount aboard for training but these were in very short supply. At the outbreak of World War II, Iron Duke was at Scapa Flow acting in her training role and for testing new weapons, as well as flagship for the Admiral Commanding the Orkney and Shetlands, Admiral Sir William French. She was also a base accommodation ship for transit crew and the Royal Navy Post Office of the fleet. The ship was heavily bombed by the Luftwaffe on 17 October 1939. Fortunately, some of the salvage crews working on the vessels of the German High Seas Fleet scuttled in 1919 were present to assist. Tugs took her in tow and, to avoid sinking, the ship had to be beached. Later, she was moved to a flat, shallow area where she could be allowed to settle on the bottom but remain mostly above water. Concrete was poured into many of the breached areas and it was obvious she would never put to sea