![Sponsor breaks bottle of champagne on ships prow at launch from Fore River Ship Building Co., Quincy - Digital Commonwealth Sponsor breaks bottle of champagne on ships prow at launch from Fore River Ship Building Co., Quincy - Digital Commonwealth](https://bpldcassets.blob.core.windows.net/derivatives/images/commonwealth:cn69m631w/image_access_800.jpg)
Sponsor breaks bottle of champagne on ships prow at launch from Fore River Ship Building Co., Quincy - Digital Commonwealth
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TIL: You can buy bottles of fake bubbly for boat christenings that are designed to break - Boing Boing
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Rosemary Parker Schoultz, ship's sponsor, caps the christening ceremony for the dock landing ship USS TORTUGA (LSD 46) by breaking a bottle of champagne across the bow - PICRYL - Public Domain
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The Royal Family on X: "#DYK that the custom of breaking a bottle of wine or champagne to launch a ship began in the 18th century? Members of The Royal Family have
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TIL: You can buy bottles of fake bubbly for boat christenings that are designed to break - Boing Boing
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