Template:Did you know nominations/HMS Surly (1806)
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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 14:10, 12 November 2020 (UTC)
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HMS Surly (1806)
- ... that the Royal Navy cutter HMS Surly carried almost £96,000 in coin between Dublin and London in 1825? "to Lieutenant H. Wollnough for d* at the rate of 1/2 percent on £95,950 10s 3d, the estimated value of specie conveyed in HMS Surly from Dublin to London and from London to Dublin in the months of August and September 1825." from: Journals of the House of Commons Volume 81. H.M. Stationery Office. 1826. p. 429.
- ALT1:... that the crew of the Royal Navy cutter HMS Surly helped to suppress seamen's strikes on the Rivers Tyne and Wear in the 1820s? "ordered to the river Wear to assist the civil power in repressing an outbreak among the seamen who had struck for higher wages ... his success was so great that before long he was similarly employed at Shields" from: The United Service Magazine Volume 127. H. Colburn. 1871. pp. 184–185.
- Reviewed: Last credit from Template:Did you know nominations/Chilocorus cacti
Created by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 08:20, 7 November 2020 (UTC).
New enough, long enough (just), well-cited, hook directly cited. Good to go. Minor suggestion, not DYK related, "... of coin" is perhaps a UK-ish term? Is this referring to physical coins, money in general, or something specific like the pay for the seamen? Maury Markowitz (talk) 22:22, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks for the review Maury Markowitz, come to think of it I think "in coin" is probably more common and have made that change to ALT0. I was just looking for an alternative to "of specie" which is a bit jargonny for me. It would have been physical coinage (specie means money in the form of coins, rather than banknotes), I presume it was probably pay they were carrying for Navy establishments in Ireland or possibly funds for the governor of Ireland - Dumelow (talk) 06:54, 9 November 2020 (UTC)