Ship painters and modellers get the most obvious value from the book, while short notes on many classes also make it useful as a reference. Colour profiles pair camouflage with details such as radar and anti-aircraft weapons, allowing ships to be compared across different dates. Tartar, Maori, and Punjabi illustrate attempts to reduce visibility, distort perceived length and range, and make ships harder to spot from the air. The profiles also show how wartime equipment changes altered each vessel's appearance.
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Camouflage references for destroyers and escorts
Malcolm Wright's first camouflage volume is a visual reference to destroyers, frigates, escorts, minesweepers, coastal craft, submarines, and auxiliaries, especially useful for comparing schemes and refits.