Talk:HMS Bulwark (1899)/GA1

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Reviewer: L293D (talk · contribs) 15:31, 14 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No big issues, just minor stuff:

Bulwark, named for "the solid part of a ship's side extending above deck" - maybe link Bastion
- If it had a naval usage, sure, but it doesn't.
  - Bulwark (disambiguation) and wikt:bulwark say it does. L293D (☎ • ✎) 19:00, 14 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Bulwark recommissioned on 3 January 1905 - shouldn't it say Bulwark was recommissioned?
She was recommissioned the following day with a nucleus crew - could you add an explanation for what is a nucleus crew? Is it a skeleton crew, or something different?
- To be honest, I'm not entirely sure, but I think that it might differ in that the nucleus was probably more oriented towards keeping the ship maintained and training new crewmembers.
All those decommissings and recommissionings, sometimes just one day apart, are very confusing. Could you add an explanation?
- If I could find a source that explains RN personnel policy during this time, sure. Used to be that a ship would commission with a crew for a time and then when she decommissioned, the crew would be released from service while the officers would need to find new ships lest they would be put on half-pay. That's how it was during the Napoleonic period, but I'm not sure how much it still worked that way a hundred years later.
The section heading "Explosion" would be better as "Sinking", IMO
- Why do you prefer that? The whole section is about what caused her to sink and why.
The wreck lies at depth of about 30 feet (9 m) - Bulwark's wreck lies, not the gun you just mentioned.
- Umm, the gun is part of the previous sentence.
  - Of course, but I still thought it might be worth clarifying. L293D (☎ • ✎) 19:00, 14 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

That's all. L293D (☎ • ✎) 15:31, 14 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for looking this over.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 18:20, 14 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Nice work! I'm especially impressed by the level of detail about the ship's prewar career. Promoting. L293D (☎ • ✎) 19:00, 14 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I wish they could all have this much detail, but you rarely get 30-page articles on the ship's history.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 21:41, 14 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]