60-second mode
Which way?
A ship flashes up in the periscope. Is she sailing left or right ? It sounds easy until the bow is painted to look like a stern. Glimpses get shorter as you score, and every mistake costs 3 seconds.
Time 60.0
Score 0
Streak 0
Best 0
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Field notes
Bows are usually pointed and raked forward. Sterns are rounder and lower. Funnels and bridges tend to sit forward of the middle on warships, and amidships on merchantmen.
That's exactly what the False Bow style attacks. It paints a dark, raked "bow" and a white bow wave on the stern , then blends the real bow into the sky.
A WWI U-boat captain reported that the dark stripes on one ship's "after part made her stern appear her bow, and a broad cut of green paint amidships looks like a patch of water."
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