HMS Dreadnought Hoax Costumes

Origin
In 1910, Horace de Vere Cole, Virginia Stephen(later Woolf) Adrian Stephen, Guy Ridley, Anthony Buxton and Duncan Grant. pulled prank which consists of an accomplice sending a telegram to HMS Dreadnought saying a group of Abysinnian Princes will come and visit. Cole went to Paddington station and aranged a special train to Weymouth near the place where the Ship is moored by saying he was "Herbert Chomondeley" of the UK Foreign Office. The "Princes" were welcomed by the Navy. The "Princes" Inspectd the fleet and gave fake Millitary Honours to some of its officers. This event ridiculed the Navy after it was uncovered.