Talk:Windermere (submarine)

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Did you know... that the tourist submarine Windermere operated for only two seasons on her namesake lake in Cumbria, England?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 00:14, 7 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the tourist submarine Windermere operated for only two seasons on her namesake lake in Cumbria, England? Source: "Photographs have been unearthed by Windermere Lake Cruises of a submarine, which was used in the 1990s to explore the depths of England’s longest lake. It was used to transfer more than 3,500 visitors to the sub’ from ashore in its first season alone. Windermere Lake Cruises’ archivist, skipper and author Rob Beale, said: 'Launched in 1997 and owned by Paul and Jane Whitfield, the ‘Windermere’ could carry 10 passengers per dive. The venture ceased after the 1998 season" from: "Windermere submarine cruise photos discovered in archives". Cumbria Crack. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ALT1:... that the 11-man tourist submarine Windermere that originally operated in Cumbria, England now dives in Barbados? "It has also explored wrecks in Mauritius and now operates in Barbados." from: "Windermere submarine cruise photos discovered in archives". Cumbria Crack. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021. and "Crew : 0ne, Passengers : 10" from: "MERGO 10 Tourist Submarine - VOGO". KO Marine. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ALT2:... that the tourist submarine Windermere could carry 10 passengers to depths of up to 100 m (330 ft)? "Crew : 0ne, Passengers : 10 ... Operational Depth : 100 m" from: "MERGO 10 Tourist Submarine - VOGO". KO Marine. Retrieved 21 March 2021."

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Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 09:52, 21 March 2021 (UTC).[reply]

New article that was moved to mainspace on 21 March 2021 is 2,622 characters and nominated on the same day. No copyvios detected and duplication detector [1][2][3][4] reveal no close paraphrasing issues (AGF scanned refs which can't go through Dup detector). Article are well-sourced. Main hook is 109 characters long (ALT1 is 112; ALT2 is 98); all three are under the 200 character max. limit and are interesting. Refs 2 and 4 (verifying the hook, ALT1, and ALT2) are reliable sources. QPQ done. Looks good to go! —Bloom6132 (talk) 09:29, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Photo?

This article needs a photograph of its subject. The only photo provided is of the location (and years later), not the submarine. As the sub is reported to be operating still, it should not be a big problem to get a pic. --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 01:03, 12 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The photograph is vandalism/trolling. But it's very clever. (The submarine is submerged.)Martylunsford (talk) 23:22, 15 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]