Daily Event for October 8, 2010

October 8, 1884 the battleship Rodney was launched at the Chatham Dockyard. The ship was christened by the Duchess of Edinburgh and attended by several thousand spectators. She slid into the water to the sounds of a cheering crowd without a single problem. HMS Rodney served in the Royal Navy until she was scrapped in 1909.
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