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Published: 2016-12-06 00:34:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 658; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 3
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18/06/1982 HMS Illustrious heads towards the mouth of the Tyne, she was commissioned two days later at sea en-route to Portsmouth.Note the black paint on the funnels and masts has been overpainted Grey.
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Were the funnels painted grey because she was en-route to the Falkland Islands to relieve HMS Invincible? Perhaps to give a less defined visual definition in a recent war zone. If so why have the tops of the funnels painted black at all?
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Yes the tops of the masts and funnels were painted grey because she was going to Β the falklands.
It could be painted black for cosmetic reasons because of the gases ?Β
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