Re: Union Castle Ship Still in Existance ~ solved by Vic McClymont
After reading the full contents of this posting,I believe I have just read a quiz .
If that is the case should this post be moved to the quiz section.
Your thoughts please.
Re: Union Castle Ship Still in Existance ~ solved by Vic McClymont
I was told the correct name for the lavendar colour was Heliotrope. Don't know if that is correct.
Re: Union Castle Ship Still in Existance ~ solved by Vic McClymont
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Originally Posted by
Mike Hall
After reading the full contents of this posting,I believe I have just read a quiz .
If that is the case should this post be moved to the quiz section.
Your thoughts please.
Bit late now!
Re: Union Castle Ship Still in Existance ~ solved by Vic McClymont
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Originally Posted by
Colin Hawken
I was told the correct name for the lavendar colour was Heliotrope. Don't know if that is correct.
Never heard it called that.
We referred to it as lavender grey or I have heard it called London Grey.
Re: Union Castle Ship Still in Existance ~ solved by Vic McClymont
The colour was " London Grey "
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ulundi tug
still there in durbanAttachment 35443
Re: Union Castle Ship Still in Existance ~ solved by Vic McClymont
This will solve the Colour discussion Lads!
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In 1940, while escorting a convoy, Lord Mountbatten noted that one ship in the group vanished from view much earlier than the remainder. The ship, a Union-Castle liner, was painted lavender mauve grey. Mountbatten thus became convinced of the colour's effectiveness as a camouflage during dawn and dusk, often dangerous times for ships, and had all of the destroyers of his flotilla painted with a similar pigment, which he created by mixing a medium grey with a small amount of Venetian red. By early 1941, several other ships began using the same camouflage, though no formal testing was done to determine how well it worked.
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Attachment 35747 the ulundi was part of the sar @h harbour tugs - she forms art of the natal maritime musuem with jr more tug and sas durban
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Re: Union Castle Ship Still in Existance ~ solved by Vic McClymont
Just of interest i see there was another by that name .
Lost to U Boat though!
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Incomati (British Motor passenger ship) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net
Below a Pic of the Incomati ( The one that was with UCL for a spell)
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