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Reviewer: Kges1901 (talk · contribs) 01:54, 23 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'll take this one as well. Comments:

Lead

  • Suggest linking 12-inch guns
    • Done
  • The ship's career was short; she spent the years 1903–1905 in the Mediterranean Fleet before transferring to the Channel Fleet in early 1905. Suggest changing to 'The ship had a brief career, serving with the Mediterranean fleet for two years before transferring...'
    • Works for me.
  • she proved to be a total loss - perhaps change to 'declared a total loss', though this is not explicitly stated in the body of the article
    • I think that's a little more in the wrong direction as far as active vs. passive voice.

Design

  • Link 6-inch guns, 12 pdr guns, and 3 pdr guns
    • All done
  • Link belt armor, bulkheads, gun turret
    • Done
  • main battery turrets sides suggest changing to 'the sides of her main battery turrets'
    • Done
  • Missing mention of range in body
    • Removed from the box - I don't have a sourced figure and I missed removing it before.

Operational history

  • 28 July 1903 to '28 July of that year' to avoid repetition of 1903
    • I think we can just drop the year.
  • I presume her service in the Mediterranean and Channel was routine peacetime duty; do your sources have anything more than what is already in the article?
    • No, nothing I was able to uncover - contemporary naval/military journals can sometimes provide useful details, but they're pretty hit or miss.
  • was involved with testing new wireless telegraphy equipment in the Bristol Channel, which included sending Suggest change to 'tested new wireless...Channel, sending'
    • Done
  • a series caissons, Is that supposed to be 'a series of caissons'?
    • Good catch
  • whilst trying to help the salvage effort Could exactly how Duncan was to help the salvage be elaborated on?
    • Burt doesn't say - I'd guess
  • Per this and this her captain was severely reprimanded by the court-martial and his naval career effectively ended by the incident; suggest mentioning this.
    • Added a line on this, good find

Bibliography

  • Is there an OCLC for Scientific American? Suggest adding that, the specific date of the issue, issue number, volume etc and the page numbers of the article to the citation.
    • Added the ISSN and the rest of the details.

That's all I've got. Kges1901 (talk) 01:54, 23 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Kges. Parsecboy (talk) 16:15, 24 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • There isn’t one for that – it’s in a section of assorted news items, some of which have titles but most of which don’t. There’s also not a title for the section as a whole. Parsecboy (talk) 20:07, 25 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]