Talk:Mechanical Galleon

A fact from Mechanical Galleon appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 August 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Mechanical Galleon (pictured) was not only a model nef and a clock, but also had smoking cannons, bells, trumpets, a drum, and a Holy Roman Emperor?

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I changed a sentence regarding the creche. I know that the source source said that this object was lost during the bombing, but almost nothing from the Grünes Gewölbe was lost, it had all been removed and stored. Sources can err.AMuseo (talk) 02:27, 28 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Although the ship does seem to be a carrack, an early form of galleon, and a carrack in French (only) is a "nef", the sense in English in which this is a "nef" is Nef (metalwork) - a ship table ornament. The writer of the BM Highlights entry does not seem entirely clear about the distinction, although the longer collection database entry is. Johnbod (talk) 03:01, 28 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oh nice find JB ... I had an idea that this was the case from reading, but had no idea that there was a nef metalwork article. Cheers Victuallers (talk) 11:37, 28 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, good find. Given a list of disambiguations, I wouldn't have even thought of looking there! – B.hotep •talk• 18:54, 28 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]