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February 22, 2011	Good article nominee	Listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on February 25, 2011.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the British destroyer HMS Gallant (pictured) struck a mine on 10 January 1941 that blew the bow off the ship, and had to be towed stern-first to Malta by the destroyer HMS Mohawk?

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GA Review

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Reviewer: Thurgate (talk) 00:43, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for criteria)

It is reasonably well written.
prose: (MoS):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars etc.:
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Pass/Fail:

Comments

1. complement was 137 officers and men in peacetime. Might be worth noting the additional men in wartime.

Done.

2. Exclusive of government-furnished equipment like the armament. Do you mean Excluding?

Done.

3. her sister Griffin. Suggest - her sister-ship Griffin

Nope, already referred to her as sister ship earlier. Thanks for the review.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 03:18, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've put the article on hold for seven days to allow you to address the issues I've brought up. Feel free to contact me on my talk page, or here with any concerns. Thurgate (talk) 00:43, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nice Work, Passed. Thurgate (talk) 14:40, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]