Talk:Royal Navy cutlasses

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 03:55, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

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Royal Navy cutlass bayonet

• ... that the Royal Navy only withdrew cutlasses from combat service in 1936? Source: "The order withdrawing the cutlass from service was issued on 22 October 1936" from page 31 of: Barton, Mark; McGrath, John (3 July 2013). British Naval Swords and Swordmanship. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-135-9.
  • ALT1: ... that until the early 21st century defendants at Royal Navy courts-martial were marched in by an escort armed with a cutlass? Source: " I also claim some credit for raising in this House the practice of the Navy to march the defendant in at the point of a cutlass. I tabled a Question asking why this procedure still went on; it was abolished in the weeks that followed, before the Minister rose to give an Answer. That is my one tiny claim to military justice." from: "Armed Forces Act (Continuation) Order 2019 Volume 795: debated on Wednesday 20 February 2019". House of Lords. Hansard. Retrieved 20 January 2022. and "A cutlass is carried by a Chief Petty officer in escort to the White Ensign Ceremonial Kit (WECK) and Senior Rating/Leading Rating escort at court martial." from: "BR 3 Part 6 June 2013 (page 39A-2)" (PDF). Royal Navy. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  • ALT2: ... that in the Victorian era the Royal Navy attached cutlass bayonets (examples pictured) to its rifles? Source: "There were also two weapons which tried to be both cutlasses and bayonets ... the Enfield Sword Bayonet, 1859 .... the Martini-Henry Cutlass Sword Bayonet, 1871" from pages 31 to 34 of: Barton, Mark; McGrath, John (3 July 2013). British Naval Swords and Swordmanship. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-135-9.
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  • Comment: Image only for ALT2

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 10:13, 26 January 2022 (UTC).

• New enough, long enough, comprehensive (at least to an uninitiated reader), well referenced. Spotcheck did not reveal any copyvio problems, neither did Earwig's tool. QPQ done. Hooks are cited, in the article, and interesting, with personal preference for ALT1, followed by ALT0, albeit for the latter it needs to be clarified that it is 'combat' service, since obviously the cutlass is still kept around for ceremonial service. The image in ALT2 is used in the article and derives from a PD image. Other that the tweak in ALT0, this is fine and good to go. Constantine ✍ 17:27, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

Good point Constantine, added "combat" to ALT0 - Dumelow (talk) 07:43, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

Good to go then! Constantine ✍ 08:41, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

ALT0 to T:DYK/P1 without image