 Lady Charles Scott (wife of Admiral Lord Charles Scott), Lady Ernestine Edgcumbe, Mrs. Jackson (wife of Rear-Admiral T. S. Jackson), and Mrs. Champness (wife of Chief Constructor of Devonport Dockyard H. B. Champness) took part in the ceremony.She was launched and named by Queen Alexandra on 8 March 1902, in the presence of King Edward VII.It was the first major public event attended by the couple since the end of the mourning period after Edward VII's accession the previous year.