Template:Did you know nominations/Brazilian cruiser Almirante Barroso (1882)

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 14:06, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Brazilian cruiser Almirante Barroso (1882)

The cruiser Almirante Barroso, picture by Marc Ferrez, 1885
The cruiser Almirante Barroso, picture by Marc Ferrez, 1885
  • ... that the Brazilian cruiser Almirante Barroso (pictured) was on a circumnavigation voyage with prince August Leopold on board when the republic was proclaimed in Brazil? Source: "Dom Augusto Leopoldo [...] estava no exercício da mais importante comissão, quiçá de sua carreira, fazendo viagem de circumnavegação a bordo do cruzador auxiliar Almirante Barroso, quando o golpe de estado do marechal Deodoro, a que se seguiu a retirada e logo após o banimento da família imperial, veio abrupta e dolorosamente arrancá-lo à pátria, aos amigos e à gloriosa corporação a que servia". (Dom August Leopold [...] was carrying out the most important commission, perhaps of his career, making a circumnavigation trip aboard the auxiliary cruiser Almirante Barroso, when marshal Deodoro's coup d'état, followed by the withdrawal and soon after the banishment of the imperial family, came abruptly and painfully to tear him away from his homeland, his friends and the glorious institution he served; Lessa, Clado Ribeiro de (1951). "O Segundo Ramo da Casa Imperial e a nossa Marinha de Guerra". Revista do Instituto Historico e Geografico Brasileiro. 211: 129–130. ISSN 0101-4366, p. 125
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    • Comment: My first ever nomination.

Created by Torimem (talk). Self-nominated at 23:38, 11 November 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Brazilian cruiser Almirante Barroso (1882); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

  • Length, history and existence of reference verified. Good to go. Daniel Case (talk) 21:51, 13 December 2023 (UTC)