Talk:Calburga

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Facts disputed

While cleaning up this article and checking the sources that are available online, I find that the factual accuracy of this article is in question.

The article claims that Calburga had an enclosed wheelhouse, but [this photo (on page 159 of Wallace's Wooden Ships and Iron Men, one of the three sources used in this article) clearly shows an open wheel with no wheelhouse.
The article claims that Calburga was wrecked off the coast of Wales, but according to The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Calburga sank off the coast of Nova Scotia while on a short run from Halifax to Liverpool, Nova Scotia, not off the coast of Wales while on a trip to Liverpool, England.

I have contacted the article's author to help clarify these discrepancies. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 16:26, 14 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

- Based on the preponderance of evidence from sources of questionable reliability (mostly scuba diving sites, none of which could be used as a reliable source on Wikipedia), Calburga does in fact lie off the coast of Wales, and the Maritime Museum's database appears to be in error. However, better sources are needed for this article. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 17:02, 14 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  - The source material on this article as originally written is actually pretty good, especially for an article of this length. They are mostly published monographs with good detail on the wreck in Wales backed up by a good newspaper source - not scuba hobby sites as suggested above. The enclosed wheelhouse fact doesn't deserve the term dubious as it is presented as a modernizing improvement like the windmill pump. The term Bluenose vessels doesn't refer to the schooner Bluenose but to the 19th century nickname for Nova Scotians and it was footnoted.198.166.214.5 (talk) 18:38, 14 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    - Apologies: the only sources I can find online to verify the location of this wreck in Wales are diving websites. Perhaps The Country Echo is a good newspaper citation but a) the article is 97 years old, and not likely available online and b) the name The Country Echo is a bit vague, making it difficult for anyone to track down such a citation. It would help greatly if this citation could be made more specific by indicating where this particular newspaper was published. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 19:47, 14 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]