CHRISTENED WITH BURGUNDY
LAUNCHING OF THE RODNEY London, Dec. 17
Twenty thousand people watched Princess Mary at Birkenhead try three times to break a bottle of wine on the bows of the Rodney. The bottle was suspended by a silken cord from the prow. The first time she threw very gently, the bottle bouncing back unharmed. The
Princess Mary. second time she threw more forcibly but missed the huge target. At the third attempt, ’amid thunderous applause, she succeeded. A platform on which a number of women were accommodated collapsed. Several minor injuries were a tended to by ambulance men, who were in readiness. The bottle which Princess Mary broke was of imperial burgundy, which was substituted for champagne for the first time in naval launchings.—(A. and N.Z.)
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVI, Issue 7, 19 December 1925, Page 5
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