dutch ship disguised as island, ww2

This camouflaged Dutch ship successfully disguised itself as a small tropical island and avoided the Japanese Navy after the Battle of the Java Sea.
http://www.slightlywarped.com/crapfactory/curiosities/2009/airplanefactory.htm
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/07/ship-disguised-as-is.html

 

Interesting..

 

hi pizzadevil.. to add to the story.. ray.HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Hmm... or maybe, just maybe it is that mysterious island that Sinbad had already come across?

Anyway, hell of a camouflage job.

Regards
Kruska

 

cant be that good! you spotted it andy!...

 

That was one heck of a camouflage job! Thanks for posting, sniper1946.

 

thanks christian, pleasure..ray..

 

if you enjoyed that camo! you'll surely like this then..

http://www.taphilo.com/history/WWII/USAAF/Boeing/index.shtml

 

Thanks Sniper, I have a distant relative who has a seamans grave in the Java sea ( courtesy of the Japanese during the battle in 1942), so this is a subject I'm always interested in

 

appreciated skipper, thanks, ray..