Statements (18)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
hoax
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| gptkbp:date |
1910
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| gptkbp:describes |
A group of Bloomsbury Group members disguised themselves as Abyssinian royalty and tricked the Royal Navy into giving them a tour of HMS Dreadnought.
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Dreadnought hoax
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| gptkbp:legacy |
famous example of practical joke in British history
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| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Weymouth,_England
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| gptkbp:mediaCoverage |
widely reported in British press
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| gptkbp:notableParticipant |
gptkb:Bloomsbury_Group
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| gptkbp:perpetrator |
gptkb:Virginia_Woolf
gptkb:Adrian_Stephen gptkb:Duncan_Grant gptkb:Anthony_Buxton gptkb:Horace_de_Vere_Cole |
| gptkbp:result |
Embarrassment for the Royal Navy
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| gptkbp:target |
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:HMS_Dreadnought |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Horace_de_Vere_Cole
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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