War artist Arthur Lismer captured the return of the troopship SS Olympic (centre) to Halifax harbour following the First World War. Olympic’s multi-coloured dazzle camouflage, added in 1917 at the height of the German U-Boat threat, was intended to make the ship more difficult to identify and target. The painting also provides a glimpse of the busy Halifax dockyard, Canada’s principal wartime naval base.
Extra artporn titbit: the British hired artists during the war to design dazzle patterns for ships. Wouldn’t be surprising if other countries, such as Canada did too.
I can’t remember how loosely Canada was connected to the UK in WW2, but they came along to all our adventures. Pilots, DDay beach landings. Also kicked the SS out of Caen.