"The Dreadnought Hoax" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill  | 30 Apr 2024 4:39 p.m. PST |
HMS Dreadnought was the showpiece of British naval supremacy — the perfect target for six friends hoping to prank the Royal Navy. USNI: link |
 ColCampbell  | 01 May 2024 6:06 a.m. PST |
Interesting piece of naval history. Thanks, Bill. Jim |
| Shagnasty | 01 May 2024 8:53 a.m. PST |
Interesting how "pranks" can often presage the decline of a once great civilization. In retrospect I am afraid of Virginia Woolf |
| Nine pound round | 01 May 2024 4:43 p.m. PST |
The speculation about the involvement of some of the officers is interesting. Both Richmond and Dewar fell somewhere on the spectrum between "deeply unpopular" and "utterly detested," where a big slice of their brother officers were concerned. |
| 138SquadronRAF | 02 May 2024 10:06 a.m. PST |
The origin of the phrase "bunga bunga." |
 foxbat | 02 May 2024 12:24 p.m. PST |
Thanks for sharing. The lighter side of history ;) |
| Nine pound round | 05 May 2024 5:03 p.m. PST |
I think as a perpetrator, Richmond seems like the more plausible of the two. I've read Leslie Gardiner's account of the "Royal Oak mutiny," and his portrait of Dewar does not leave the impression that the man had much of a sense of humor. |
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