Vincent Black Shadow and C bikes having 1⅛" Amal 289 carburettors and Series D bikes having 1⅛" Amal Type 389/10 units. While other contemporary motorcycles tended to be polished and chromed, founder Philip Conrad Vincent (PCV) decreed that the Black Shadow engine itself be black. The engine's signature colour was achieved by applying a "pyluminising" coating of chromate anti-corrosion primer over which a layer of Pinchin & Johnson black enamel was added. The part was then baked in an oven for 2 hours at . Although some have claimed that the black finish increased the rate of heat rejection from the engine, its
HMS Black Prince (81) Prince" was reduced to extended 3rd class reserve, and used as an accommodation ship for refitting warships and spare part source for s 1960-1 refit, before reverting to Royal Navy control, for disposal, in line with its loan terms. She was sold for scrap in March 1962 and towed from Auckland on 5 April to the Mitsui & Company, Osaka breakage yards, Japan, by the tug , arriving there on 2 May 1962. HMS Black Prince (81) HMS "Black Prince was a light cruiser of the Royal Navy, of the "Bellona" subgroup. The cruiser was commissioned in 1943, and served