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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 20:42, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

William Ruck-Keene

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HMS Cochrane
HMS Cochrane
  • ... that Captain Ruck-Keene's command of HMS Cochrane (pictured) ended a few days after Admiral Jellicoe wrote that he had become "lazy, lacks energy & has run to seed"?
    Source for quotation: Letter from Admiral Jellicoe to Admiral Jackson dated 27 June 1915 in Jackson Papers at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, accession number 255/4/4; Source for termination of command on 30 June 1915: Service Record of W. G. E. Ruck-Keene, in National Archives, reference ADM 196/42, f.451

Created by Moonraker (talk). Self-nominated at 10:24, 10 March 2018 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting: Yes
  • Other problems: Yes
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Everything is in order. Meanderingbartender (talk) 21:01, 2 April 2018 (UTC)