Talk:Dreadnought hoax
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http://www.encyclopedia4u.com/d/dreadnought-hoax.html says the hoax took place on February 10. So does http://www.uah.edu/woolf/dread.html. http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoaxorum/hoaxorum1869.html says February 7.
- The first of those links is simply a Wiki mirror. Information in the second seems to be from a biography of Virginia Woolf, so would seem more credible than the third. Bastie 07:05, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Purpose of the hoax should be more clear
The purpose of the hoax should be made more clear. WinterSpw (talk) 04:15, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Was Cole a Navy official?
The article says the Navy sent officers to cane Cole - was he in the Navy or was this just an old Eton practice? I talso says he suggested they be caned - so was he not? s-slaytor. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.137.80.110 (talk) 14:18, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
- And was roughing Cole up an "official" navy response, or did some individual officers just decide to teach him a lesson? I can't really see Jacky Fisher resorting to thuggery. Cranston Lamont (talk) 15:17, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Cost of hoax
£4000 sounds like an awful lot of money for a hoax of this kind. I've removed the figure until someone actually confirms it.
