antifouling

by Gavin Arran Krom

So what was the exact shade of red used on The antifouling paint of the Olympic Class Liners? Based on the remnants seen on the wreck, does anyone here have an estimation of what that paint used to look like before it spent 100 years on the ocean floor? I'm workign on a shipbucket drawing and I...

The RMS Titanic’s antifouling paint, as do ships of today, is primarily made of red oxide. Red oxide is an anticorrosive material, and when used directly in paint gives the paint a red colour, and that material makes the paint have anticorrosive qualities. Red oxide is used in paints to protect...

Eric I was wandering if you could assist me with the following matter. I read your article in the Titanic Commutator a few years ago about the 1993 Lusitania expedition which you were a member of. I recall that you spent a number of hours constructing a lusitania model with Ken Marschall. Can...

In 1987 when Dr Ballard gave a slideshow of his dive to Titanic at a THS convention, he showed some still unpublished photos- most impressive to me were areas beaneath the waterline where the red antifouling paint was still there, solid and unfaded. Also in most shots, the officers quarters on...