Talk:USRC Surveyor

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Review: January 26, 2021. (Reviewed version).

A fact from USRC Surveyor appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 March 2019 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Royal Navy damaged Samuel Travis' house in 1775, then returned 38 years later and attacked his ship?

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GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Djmaschek (talk · contribs) 04:16, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

I will start the review. There are several questions that occurred to me at once. See below. There may be more questions later. Djmaschek (talk) 04:16, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

How many Americans were in the picket boat? (One officer and 3 men)
- Done
What were the casualties in the action? (US 3 wounded, UK 3 killed, 7 wounded)
- Done
What was the Surveyor doing in a place where it could be attacked by an enemy boarding party? (The Chesapeake was a British lake. Only the southern end was apparently safe.)
- Done
How many cannon did Surveyor carry? (Six 6-pound carronades)
- Done
Please give more details of the combat.
- Done
Please give some background on Travis. (1st mate at launch, master in 1811)
- Done
Note that this information can be found on-line without too much trouble. I put the answers within ( ).

Another note: Djmaschek (talk) 02:04, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The current map of Chesapeake Bay has a caption which says the battle occurred at the "northern end" of the bay. It was actually near the southern end. I would recommend using a map that shows Gloucester Point, such as File:York River map.png (see York River (Virginia)).
- Done: Map replaced and caption re-worded.

Note 3: Djmaschek (talk) 22:15, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The source Allen 2018 (citation 5) says Surveyor captured a British brig with a cargo of coffee. This suggests that it was a cargo ship and not a Royal Navy brig.
- Done
I cannot find "an old vessel hardly worth repairing" on page 63 (or anywhere else) in Allen 2018. Maybe I'm missing it, or could it be in a different source?
- Done: Phrase removed.
Allen 2018 (page 66) says the captured Surveyor was used to help the British attack Hampton, VA on June 25, 1813. This information should be included under the Later history section.
- Done

Passed[edit]

Passed. All my suggestions were followed. FYI: The hyperlink for footnote 17 (Gazette-Journal) is dead. It's possible the article is still there but with a different URL. You may want to fix this, if possible. Djmaschek (talk) 02:57, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]