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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:02, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

Battle of Cape Ecnomus[edit]

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... that the Battle of Cape Ecnomus in 256 BC was probably the largest naval battle ever? Lazenby, John Francis (1996). The First Punic War: A Military History. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2673-6 p. 86 "It was probably the greatest sea battle ever fought."

Reviewed: Lü Junchang

Improved to Good Article status by Gog the Mild (talk). Self-nominated at 00:09, 23 February 2019 (UTC).

Great work Gog! I personally used to think that Leyte Gulf was the largest naval battle in history, but if this is quoted in the source, it should be okay. Long enough, cited and neutral (of course); hook short and very interesting; QPQ done and no image. L293D (☎ • ✎) 03:20, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

Hi L293D and thanks for picking this up so promptly. "largest", well, as it says in the full article, "by number of combatants involved". I didn't realise that until I started working on the article. Professor Lazenby is about a good a RS as one can reasonably expect though. 290,000 men is a lot. My understanding is that Leyte Gulf was the largest by the total tonnage of ships involved, so you are not wrong. (Probably a third is largest by number of ships.)

PS I am about to nominate it for ACR, so if you fancy commenting on it there …

Gog the Mild (talk) 19:16, 23 February 2019 (UTC)