Wild Swan, Wolverine, Waterhen, Vampire, Voyager, Vega, and Vanity appear in multiple illustrations. Putting the profiles side by side reveals how their colours and appearance changed during the war. The volume also follows some older S-class destroyers after capture and entry into Japanese service. Its images can therefore support a dated visual history of an individual ship or class.
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Using repeated profiles to trace ships through the war
Repeated profiles of individual destroyers reveal changing camouflage, wartime alterations, and transfers into other navies rather than presenting each ship in one fixed configuration.