Shipping troops overseas has usually required the services of large civilian vessels, especially ocean liners. The ss sardinian, a steamship pictured here in a first world war dazzle camouflage scheme, first carried canadians to war in south africa in 1899. Large, fast, and well-equipped passenger liners, pressed into wartime service, sped the deployment of troops abroad and were difficult targets for slower-moving enemy submarines. Object Type: painting. Date: 1918. Dimensions: height: 47.2 cm (18.5 in); width: 67.6 cm (26.6 in). Medium: tempera on paper. Collection: Canadian War Museum. John Everett-SS Sardinian (CWM 19710261-0141)
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