Dreadnought hoax
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The Dreadnought hoax was a practical joke pulled by Horace de Vere Cole in 1910. Cole tricked the Royal Navy into showing their flagship, the battleship HMS Dreadnought, to a fake delegation of Abyssi
(left to right) Adrian Stephen, Robert Bowen Colthurst, Horace de Vere Cole, Leland Buxton and Lyulph "Drummer" Howard, in costume for the Sultan of Zanzibar hoax at Cambridge
Postcard published after the Cambridge Hoax
HMS Dreadnought at sea in 1906
The Dreadnought hoaxers in Abyssinian costume
HMS Dreadnought (1906)
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HMS Dreadnought was a Royal Navy battleship, the design of which revolutionised naval power. The ship's entry into service in 1906 represented such an advance in naval technology that her name came to
Dreadnought hoax
…Dreadnought hoax was a practical joke pulled by Horace de Vere Cole in 1910. Cole tricked the Royal Navy into showing their flagship, the battleship HMS Dreadnought, to a fake delegation of Abyssinian royals. The hoax drew attention in Britain to the emergence of the Bloomsbury Group, among whom some of Cole's…
"Intermediate-dreadnought" Satsuma
Turret with twin 12-inch Mk X guns. Two 12-pounder guns are mounted on the roof for defence against torpedo boats.
12-pounder guns mounted on 'X' turret; note the sighting hoods on the turret roof.