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Dazzle Ships peaked at number five on the UK Albums Chart (remaining in the top 20 for six weeks), [18] and also reached the top-10 in New Zealand and Spain. The record achieved global sales of 300,000 copies; this figure represented a fraction of the sales of multi-million selling predecessor Architecture & Morality (1981). [ 19 ]
Dazzle ships had been attacked in 1.47% of sailings, compared to 1.12% for uncamouflaged ships, suggesting increased visibility, but as Wilkinson had argued, dazzle was not attempting to make ships hard to see. Suggestively, of the ships that were struck by torpedoes, 43% of the dazzle ships sank, compared to 54% of the uncamouflaged. [8] [33]
The dazzle artwork ships are three vessels (joined later by a fourth), each covered with an artist-designed livery commissioned by the Imperial War Museum's 14–18 NOW project. These are:- “Everybody Razzle Dazzle”, by Peter Blake , installed on the Mersey ferryboat Snowdrop , and seen in operation on the River Mersey .
US Navy and Royal Australian Navy interdiction of sea lines of communication and supply from North Vietnam to South Vietnam: 5 Oct 29 – Dec 24: Operation Pawnee III [1] [5]: 224 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines search and destroy operation: Thừa Thiên Province: Oct 30 – 31: Operation Bundaberg [1] [4]
The seventh season of The Voice Kids of Vietnam – Giọng hát Việt nhí began on 20 July 2019 on VTV3. All three duo coaches and the main host did not return, leaving the panel to be entirely renewed this season.
Đám cưới chuột (Rat's wedding), a popular example of Đông Hồ painting. Ðông Hồ painting (Vietnamese: Tranh Đông Hồ or Tranh làng Hồ), full name Đông Hồ folk woodcut painting (Tranh khắc gỗ dân gian Đông Hồ) is a line of Vietnamese folk painting originating in Đông Hồ village (Song Hồ commune, Thuận Thành District, Bắc Ninh Province).
Dazzle-ships in Drydock at Liverpool is a 1919 oil painting by the English artist Edward Wadsworth. It is one of Wadsworth's most famous paintings [ 1 ] and depicts a freshly painted vessel with dazzle camouflage in dry dock.
After just two decades in the early 20th century, Nha Trang underwent a rapid change. On August 30, 1924, the Governor-General of French Indochina decreed Nha Trang as a townlet (urban centre). [7] Nha Trang Townlet was established from the ancient villages of Xương Huân, Phương Câu, Vạn Thạnh, Phương Sài, and Phước Hải.