Talk:Terrible-class ironclad

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GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: L293D (talk · contribs) 16:12, 6 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting article here, I didn't know ironclads from this era could have 16.5 or 17.7 inch guns! I guess this was part of the "big gun" trend in Europe, that then faded to smaller, more accurate guns. You tell me. Anyway, nice article, here will be reviewing soon. L293D (☎ • ✎) 16:12, 6 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not a huge fan of the redlink in the first sentence, would it be possible to replace it with a blue one?
- Nothing existing at this point in time - I'm planning on eventually writing the article, but haven't gotten to it yet.
The Terribles were scaled down versions of the Amiral Baudin class, with one less main gun. - maybe add that the guns were way larger in caliber, although it is mentioned later.
- That I can do
Because the ships were intended for operations against the German fleet in the shallow Baltic Sea, they had a shallow draft - two uses of "shallow", would it be possible to replace with a synonym?
- Reworded
I really would like to have the reload of the 16.5 inch guns
- I don't have it, unfortunately - the oldest Friedman goes back is the 340mm Mle 1881 guns used in Hoche
I also feel the range and ammunition of the guns would be useful. Did the rounds detonate on impact? Or were they solid shot?
- As above - most ships built before the 1890s are pretty poorly documented. They'd have been explosive shells of some sort, but melinite didn't exist yet, and I don't know what they were using before that. Parsecboy (talk) 18:40, 6 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The first points are really details, but the gun data would be useful. L293D (☎ • ✎) 16:12, 6 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good, passing. L293D (☎ • ✎) 20:28, 6 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]