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Topic review - Royal Navy ships' bottoms and boot-topping 1936-1950
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Timmy C
  Post subject:  Re: Royal Navy ships' bottoms and boot-topping 1936-1950  Reply with quote
That's excellent, providing not only the two ends of the process, but clearly demonstrating the in-between of how the user understood the supplier's options!
Post Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 7:10 pm
dick
  Post subject:  Re: Royal Navy ships' bottoms and boot-topping 1936-1950  Reply with quote
Thank you for the feedback Timmy. The answer to your question is that the various authorised manufacturers' paints and their colours are listed in the Rate Books (listed in my 'Sources'):
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Rate Book - Copy.jpg

Changes between the periodic reprints were promulgated in Admiralty Fleet Orders.

I'll see if I can amend my paper to capture this. (Afternote: now done as V.2a)

(And of course many D.495s recorded the both the manufacturer and the colour used giving us further confirmation.)
Post Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 7:07 am
Timmy C
  Post subject:  Re: Royal Navy ships' bottoms and boot-topping 1936-1950  Reply with quote
Great piece, Dick, much appreciated. If I may suggest, can you add a note on how we know in which colours each manufacturer produced their coatings? The article covers well the sources for the RN/demand side, but doesn't mention sources for the industry/supply side. Thanks!
Post Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2024 6:53 pm
dick
  Post subject:  Royal Navy ships' bottoms and boot-topping 1936-1950  Reply with quote
For those interested I have updated my paper and Sovereign Hobbies are kindly hosting it:

https://www.sovereignhobbies.co.uk/pages/royal-navy-anti-fouling-and-boot-topping-colours
Post Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2024 2:39 am

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