Template:Did you know nominations/HMS Ganges mast
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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 Theleekycauldron (talk) 21:40, 23 September 2021 (UTC)
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HMS Ganges mast
- ... that in 1928 a 15-year-old boy was killed after falling from the top of the 142-foot high (43 m) mast at HMS Ganges? "Alfred Hickman, second-class boy, who was killed at the Naval Training establishment through falling from a mast 142ft high" from: Dykes, Godfrey. "3 Boys die at HMS Ganges". RN Communications Branch Museum/Library. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ALT1:... that the mast of HMS Ganges is sited on land? "County: Suffolk District: Babergh (District Authority) Parish: Shotley" from: "Ceremonial Mast of the Former HMS Ganges, Royal Naval Training Establishment, Shotley". Historic England.
- ALT2:... that the mast of HMS Ganges was made from the masts of Cordelia and Agincourt? "consisting partly of the foremast of HMS Cordelia, a corvette paid off in 1900, and partly of the top mast of the sailing battleship Agincourt" from: "Ceremonial Mast of the Former HMS Ganges, Royal Naval Training Establishment, Shotley". Historic England.
- ALT3:... that in 1928 a 15-year-old boy, Alfred Hickman, was killed after falling from the top of the 142-foot high (43 m) mast at HMS Ganges? "Alfred Hickman, second-class boy, who was killed at the Naval Training establishment through falling from a mast 142ft high" from: Dykes, Godfrey. "3 Boys die at HMS Ganges". RN Communications Branch Museum/Library. Retrieved 7 September 2021. (suggested by Cavalryman)
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 19:20, 7 September 2021 (UTC).
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QPQ: Done. |
Overall: Interesting article that is well written and well sourced. I personally find ALT0 or ALT2 better than ALT1, although I think there is room to include the name Alfred Hickman in ALT0 if used, I have added it as a possible ALT3. Cavalryman (talk) 11:58, 9 September 2021 (UTC).