Template:Did you know nominations/HMS Swallow (1745)
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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 11:55, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
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HMS Swallow (1745)
Dolphin and Swallow drawn by Samuel Wallis
- ... that Pitcairn was named after the midshipman on HMS Swallow who first spotted the island? Source: Clowes, The Royal Navy, p. 122
- ALT1: ... that although Philip Carteret described HMS Swallow as "one of the worst .. in his majesty's Navy", he completed a circumnavigation with the ship? Source: Wallis 1965, p. 106 for the quote; various for the completed circumnavigation
- ALT2: ... that HMS Swallow was meant to accompany HMS Dolphin (both ships pictured) on her circumnavigation, but the ships were separated after passing the Strait of Magellan? Source: Clowes pp. 120–121
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Grant Robert Sutherland
Created by Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk). Nominated by Kusma (talk) at 22:49, 1 February 2022 (UTC).
This substantial and well-written article is new enough and long enough. The image is in the public domain, the hook facts are cited inline (I like the original hook), the article is neutral, and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:50, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
ALT0 to T:DYK/P2 without image