Template:Did you know nominations/HMS Raven II

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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 12:11, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

HMS Raven II

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• ... that an aircraft from HMS Raven II was forced to make an emergency landing on 21 April 1917 in the Maldives; the crew's adventures inspired Rudyard Kipling's story "A Flight of Fact"?

• Reviewed: Jack Harrold

Created/expanded by Sturmvogel 66 (talk). Nominated by Sturmvogel 66 (talk) at 03:34, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

• Article length, x5 expansion, hook citation and available refs all check out, I have no doubt that the offline sources do as well. The hook is a little on the long side though (I make it 205 characters with spaces) - could possibly remove 'seaplane carrier' without any loss of meaning. Ranger Steve ^Talk 10:33, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

• Done.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 13:58, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

Nice one. All looks good. Ranger Steve ^Talk 14:37, 1 November 2011 (UTC)