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Posted by Miles F. McLaughlin on February 10, 2025, 13:08:12, in reply to "Re: suspected as much. References I have also are "murky"..... "

Hi Phil,

Thank you for posting the links to the HMS Rodney photo's including the photo of her sailors staining the deck with fuel oil, which I had not seen before.

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... I don't believe her wood decks were painted in 1941, but if you have ever seen a salt stained teak deck then you know how grey in colour they can get. ...

IF it works, this gives some of Rodneys photos from the IWM (you could also try searching on Nelson).

https://www.google.co.uk/search?num=10&newwindow=1&sca_esv=916f976dcb036752&q=iwm+rodney+1940&udm=2&fbs=ABzOT_CWdhQLP1FcmU5B0fn3xuWpA-dk4wpBWOGsoR7DG5zJBr1qLlHFB6ZBcx-Arq68_wfw0s-Sy4efUF8x4O2idyUNAprOOrIICDwexO1MWoIv7y7QMR7c9fXxemwV4Ccx7a8BdNJVxmdVJER700ZPKc1-FYb8sDDNVZHd4jXU9MyXJ2pyB9VwEjlLiihT6V8D0LRV92eC&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjX8M6Jx7aLAxVcVEEAHeV3OZ4QtKgLegQIEBAB&biw=1163&bih=539&dpr=1.5

These two photos are particularly relevent ;

These two photos show the effect of water on the colour of the decks ;

https://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=iwm%20rodney%201940&imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.benjidog.co.uk%2Fbattleships%2Fimages%2FimagesHMSRodney%2FRodney23.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.benjidog.co.uk%2Fbattleships%2FRodney2.php&docid=rX6081mJ0q2TqM&tbnid=rljEGFf-P74DAM&vet=12ahUKEwiph4aTx7aLAxXKVkEAHVjyHaoQM3oECDsQAA..i&w=800&h=1047&hcb=2&ved=2ahUKEwiph4aTx7aLAxXKVkEAHVjyHaoQM3oECDsQAA

https://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=iwm%20rodney%201940&imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Flookaside.fbsbx.com%2Flookaside%2Fcrawler%2Fmedia%2F%3Fmedia_id%3D28992757826990401&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fgroups%2Fbattleshipsbattlecruiserswwii%2Fposts%2F1730359144195413%2F&docid=gFQnAzh1jeoTyM&tbnid=PacUEbBR9WptjM&vet=12ahUKEwiph4aTx7aLAxXKVkEAHVjyHaoQM3oECEgQAA..i&w=736&h=575&hcb=2&ved=2ahUKEwiph4aTx7aLAxXKVkEAHVjyHaoQM3oECEgQAA

Alan Raven (and others) stated that at the "start" (?) of the war many ships' decks were stained with fuel oil (to the horror of first liutenant and relief of the matelots). This photo shows the job being done - note the sailors hands ;

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.alamy.com%2Fon-board-hms-rodney-1940-at-sea-on-board-the-battleship-hms-rodney-good-shooting-by-the-navy-in-this-case-sub-calibre-ammunition-firing-a-6-pounder-shell-was-being-used-against-a-moving-target-15-foot-long-about-2-12-miles-away-image603943461.html&psig=AOvVaw2iiyrs4YBjHp-uiU3C9FW5&ust=1739189297794000&source=images&cd=vfe&opi=89978449&ved=0CBQQjRxqFwoTCMC9057KtosDFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE

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Hi Phil,

Thank you for posting the links to the HMS Rodney photo's including the photo of her sailors staining the deck with fuel oil, which I had not seen before.
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... I don't believe her wood decks were painted in 1941, but if you have ever seen a salt stained teak deck then you know how grey in colour they can get. ...

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IF it works, this gives some of Rodneys photos from the IWM  (you could also try searching on Nelson).

https://www.google.co.uk/search?num=10&newwindow=1&sca_esv=916f976dcb036752&q=iwm+rodney+1940&udm=2&fbs=ABzOT_CWdhQLP1FcmU5B0fn3xuWpA-dk4wpBWOGsoR7DG5zJBr1qLlHFB6ZBcx-Arq68_wfw0s-Sy4efUF8x4O2idyUNAprOOrIICDwexO1MWoIv7y7QMR7c9fXxemwV4Ccx7a8BdNJVxmdVJER700ZPKc1-FYb8sDDNVZHd4jXU9MyXJ2pyB9VwEjlLiihT6V8D0LRV92eC&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjX8M6Jx7aLAxVcVEEAHeV3OZ4QtKgLegQIEBAB&biw=1163&bih=539&dpr=1.5

These two photos are particularly relevent ;

These two photos show the effect of water on the colour of the decks ;

https://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=iwm%20rodney%201940&imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.benjidog.co.uk%2Fbattleships%2Fimages%2FimagesHMSRodney%2FRodney23.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.benjidog.co.uk%2Fbattleships%2FRodney2.php&docid=rX6081mJ0q2TqM&tbnid=rljEGFf-P74DAM&vet=12ahUKEwiph4aTx7aLAxXKVkEAHVjyHaoQM3oECDsQAA..i&w=800&h=1047&hcb=2&ved=2ahUKEwiph4aTx7aLAxXKVkEAHVjyHaoQM3oECDsQAA

https://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=iwm%20rodney%201940&imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Flookaside.fbsbx.com%2Flookaside%2Fcrawler%2Fmedia%2F%3Fmedia_id%3D28992757826990401&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fgroups%2Fbattleshipsbattlecruiserswwii%2Fposts%2F1730359144195413%2F&docid=gFQnAzh1jeoTyM&tbnid=PacUEbBR9WptjM&vet=12ahUKEwiph4aTx7aLAxXKVkEAHVjyHaoQM3oECEgQAA..i&w=736&h=575&hcb=2&ved=2ahUKEwiph4aTx7aLAxXKVkEAHVjyHaoQM3oECEgQAA

Alan Raven (and others) stated that at the "start" (?) of the war many ships' decks were stained with fuel oil (to the horror  of first liutenant and relief of the matelots).  This photo shows the job being done - note the sailors hands ;

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.alamy.com%2Fon-board-hms-rodney-1940-at-sea-on-board-the-battleship-hms-rodney-good-shooting-by-the-navy-in-this-case-sub-calibre-ammunition-firing-a-6-pounder-shell-was-being-used-against-a-moving-target-15-foot-long-about-2-12-miles-away-image603943461.html&psig=AOvVaw2iiyrs4YBjHp-uiU3C9FW5&ust=1739189297794000&source=images&cd=vfe&opi=89978449&ved=0CBQQjRxqFwoTCMC9057KtosDFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE

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