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Today, in 1910, Virginia Woolf (then Virginia Stephen) and Horace de Vere Cole, carried out the 'Dreadnaught Hoax'.
With a group of friends they dressed up and persuaded the Royal Navy that they were Abyssinian royalty, and were given a tour of HMS Dreadnaught in Portland Harbour.
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Today, in 1940, Chapelhay, in Weymouth, suffered serious damage during a German bombing raid. A school was destroyed.
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Today, in 1910, HMS Weymouth was launched. Named after the Dorset seaside town, she served during the First World and was finally sold off in 1928.
Wikipedia article on HMS Weymouth.
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Today, in 1934, a fatal fire ripped through Gloucester Row on the Weymouth seafront.聽
The fire sparked (hah!) a review of the local fire service.
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Today, in 1905, Robert White died. He established Whitehead's torpedo works at Ferrybridge, Wyke Regis, Dorset.
The Whitehead's torpedo works pier once stretched from this point into Portland Harbour.
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The Cenotaph is built from Portland stone. It was unveiled in 1920.
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