Talk:Wolfe-class ship of the line/GA1

GA Review

Passed. Hog Farm _Talk 20:06, 2 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Reviewer: Hog Farm (talk · contribs) 22:46, 1 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I've got a couple American books on the War of 1812, so I'll see if there's anything new to add from them. Hog Farm _Talk 22:46, 1 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Potentially worth quoting: Donald R. Hickey The War of 1812: A Forgotten Conflict p. 195 Had the conflict lasted another year, five of the most powerful warships in the world [St. Lawrence, Wolfe, Canada, Chippewa, and New Orleans] would have been concentrated within thirty-five miles of each other at Kingston and Sackets Harbor on an inland lake with no access to the sea (my other source only obliquely mentions the Wolfe-class ships, merely referencing the laying down of two 120-gun ships, although it does state that St. Lawrence was poorly built). I can provide further bibliographic details for Hickey if you do want to include something from that quote

I could put that in for sure, if you'd be kind enough to provide the necessary details

I'm assuming this is an American/British discrepancy I can't explain, but I find it odd that the American sources put a period after "St" in St Lawrence, but the British sources apparently don't

Assume also, really not my wheelhouse! Interestingly Winfield actually spells it out as "Saint Lawrence"

"These ships were designed by Thomas Strickland, a shipwright who had been sent from England to assist in the first rate program" - I'm guessing "These ships" are the British ones, but the immediate context of where this sentence is located would suggest the American ones

Rephrased

Body has depth of hold at 18' 5", infobox has 18' 4"

Corrected, the latter is right

Add to Category:Great Lakes ships?

Added

Excellent work here; very little to pick on. Hog Farm _Talk 04:27, 2 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Hog Farm: Hi, thanks for the incredibly quick review pick up! Responses above. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 15:54, 2 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Pickersgill-Cunliffe: - I've added the long citation for Hickey 2012. The quote is on p. 195. Hog Farm _Talk 18:10, 2 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Hog Farm: Many thanks, added. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 19:34, 2 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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