Template:Did you know nominations/HMS Safari
- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:09, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
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HMS Safari[edit]
HMS Safari underway on the River Mersey
- ... that a Safari (pictured) sank 25 ships? Source: https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3430.html
- ALT1:... that when HMS Safari (pictured) attacked small ships anchored in Ras Ali, the torpedo passed under, instead destroying the port's mole along 25 meters and killing five men? Source: https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3430.html
- Reviewed: Psalm 24
- Comment: ALT0 would make a great quirky hook; ALT1 would be great in the lead slot.
5x expanded by L293D (talk). Self-nominated at 21:41, 18 December 2018 (UTC).
Length, history and references verified; copyvio check OK. I changed the spelled-out number in the original hook to a figure for brevity and punchiness (and also because I'm such an AP style person). Daniel Case (talk) 03:37, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
- @L293D: Coming to promote this nomination, I was unable to find inline citations in the article for sentences including the hook facts for either hook. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:00, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Cwmhiraeth: - added now. L293D (☎ • ✎) 13:34, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
- @L293D: Coming to promote this nomination, I was unable to find inline citations in the article for sentences including the hook facts for either hook. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:00, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
