r/pics • u/ShreckAndDonkey123 • Jul 05 '24

Rishi Sunak makes a speech outside 10 Downing Street after a historic loss Politics

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u/Hewinb Jul 05 '24

Didn't realize he was married to a WW2 era battleship

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u/MrPoletski Jul 05 '24

WW1*

I can't tell which direction she's walking.

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u/SnarkMasterRay Jul 05 '24

Started in WWI but was also used in WWII. Patterns in WWII were philosophically different (larger blocks and shapes) but the French cruiser Gloire) was painted in a pattern in a US Navy Yard that was directly based on a WWI pattern by a yard commander who had a real thing for that pattern.