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Template:Did you know nominations/HMS Splendid (P228)

Category:Passed DYK nominations from January 2019

:The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 19:08, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

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==HMS Splendid (P228)==

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{{main page image|image=HMS Splendid.jpg|caption=Splendid in 1942|width=133x150}}

  • ... that HMS Splendid (pictured) was the most successful British submarine in tonnage sunk between November 1942 and her sinking six months later? Source: the article
  • ALT1: ... that HMS Splendid (pictured) attacked a heavy German merchant ship, but instead sank an Italian destroyer? Source: the article
  • ALT2: .. that HMS Splendid (pictured) was sunk by the largest German destroyer in the Mediterranean Sea? Source: the article
  • ALT3: .. that HMS Splendid (pictured) attacked an Italian destroyer with her rear torpedo tube because she had expended all her bow (front) torpedoes? Source: the article

:* Reviewed: Green Jacket Shoal

5x expanded by L293D (talk) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk). Nominated by L293D (talk) at 02:59, 30 January 2019 (UTC).

:* 16px This is a five-fold expansion and is long enough and new enough. Any of the hooks could be used, all having inline citations. The image is in the public domain and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:05, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

::*16px Hi, I came by to promote ALT1, but the article and source seem to be talking about a U-boat, not a "heavy merchant ship". Please clarify. Yoninah (talk) 22:16, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

:::*{{ping|Yoninah}} the heavy merchant ship is the Ankara. L293D (☎ • ✎) 17:56, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

::::*16px Thank you. Now I see all the information in the article and the source. Restoring tick per Cwmhiraeth's review. Yoninah (talk) 19:05, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

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