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Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci[edit]

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Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

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Like all of the Italian dreadnoughts in World War I, Leonardo da Vinci was not very active as they were kept in reserve in case the Austro-Hungarian fleet came out to play and the Adriatic was too dangerous for large ships. She was sunk by a magazine explosion in 1916, possibly Austro-Hungarian sabotage or just another propellant explosion as were common in this era. After a heroic salvage effort the ship was refloated upside down and then flipped right-side up in the early 1920, but the Italian navy lacked the money to rebuild her and she was scrapped shortly afterwards. I hope that the reviewers will look for the usual suspects in the article in anticipation of an eventual FAC.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 16:19, 25 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

CommentsSupport by CPA-5[edit]

Hey Sturm what an interesting article you got, for now, I can tell you that I see the British draught in the infobox. I'll continue in the near future. Cheers. CPA-5 (talk) 16:44, 25 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Dammit, I even remembered to check that the specs in the infobox and main body matched! Glad you liked it.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 16:57, 25 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • The Italians blamed Austro-Hungarian saboteurs for her loss Pipe Italians to the Kingdom of Italy.
  • turbines was provided by 20 Blechynden water-tube boilers What is a Blechynden?
    • Uncertain, probably some boiler designer.
  • maximum speed of 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph) from 31,000 shaft horsepower (23,000 kW) Link knots.
  • reached a speed of 21.6 knots (40.0 km/h; 24.9 mph) Is it possible to round the nought here?
    • When using number ranges the template won't let me
  • ships had a complete waterline armor belt that had a maximum Link armor belt.
  • increased to 40 millimeters (1.6 in) on the slopes that Link slopes.
    • Why?
  • @Sturmvogel 66: Shouldn't it be linked? I think it should because I sloop is a kind of ship and not everyone knows this kind of ship. Cheers. CPA-5 (talk) 17:47, 2 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • that Austro-Hungarian submarines and minelayers could Link minelayers.
  • Link Adriatic Sea.
  • See some British metres here.
  • In the infobox "Conning tower: 180–280 mm (7.1–11.0 in)" Is it possible to round the nought here?
    • See above.

That's anything that I've got. Cheers. CPA-5 (talk) 19:08, 26 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for catching these.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 20:31, 29 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think this one ready to go in my opinion. Cheers. CPA-5 (talk) 11:49, 4 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

CommentsSupport by PM[edit]

This article is in great shape. Just a few minor quibbles:

  • decap Water in "Water-tube boilers" in the infobox
  • fix the rounding between the body and infobox for the 3 in guns and TTs
  • use the designed speed (or actual speed) in the infobox
  • isn't 80 mm the minimum on the belt? See infobox range
  • the lower range of the conning tower armor isn't supported by the body
  • add a ISSN for Warship International

That's all I could find. Nice job. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 04:39, 26 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, good to hear.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 20:36, 29 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
No worries, supporting. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 00:04, 30 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
the sources look of high quality and reliable. Do the Further reading books add anything not already in the article? Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 07:04, 7 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comments Support by Zawed[edit]

Just a few comments:

  • "which caused them to be slower and more heavily armored than the first Italian dreadnought, Dante Alighieri".?
    • Indeed
  • "thirteen of these could be mounted on the turret tops, but they could be mounted in 30 different positions...": the close repetition of "could be mounted", suggest rewording.
  • Armor in the infobox; should the lower number for the turrets be 85mm (the thickness of roof/rear) rather than 240mm?
  • "use the fleet in an active way": seems a passive way of phrasing. Perhaps "actively deploy the fleet"?
  • The Halpern and Hore references are not in alphabetical order.

That's it for me. Cheers, Zawed (talk) 08:19, 30 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review. See if my changes are satisfactory.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 14:13, 30 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Looks good, have added my support. Cheers, Zawed (talk) 11:28, 31 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Images - all three look alright to me. Parsecboy (talk) 14:41, 7 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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