Talk:SMS Breslau

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A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on November 24, 2011. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that on the first day of World War I, the German light cruiser SMS Breslau (pictured) bombarded the port of Bône in French North Africa?
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Discrepancies between sources

That little non-action on 27 Feb 1916 isn't mentioned in Langensiepen & Güleryüz; they just refer to carrying troops to Trebizond and oil to Sinope. I'll have to see if Nekrasov has anything about it.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 17:47, 5 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

OK, done with L & G; I've added their information in Notes. Now to dig up Nekrasov and see what he has to say. I redid the lede; lemme know what you think.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 19:17, 7 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That looks fine to me - the lead I wrote was more of a placeholder than anything. Parsecboy (talk) 23:58, 7 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

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Reviewer: MisterBee1966 (talk · contribs) 12:55, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
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Pass/Fail:

Feedback is based on Hildebrand, Röhr and Steinmetz, volume 2, pages 139–142, in no particular order. MisterBee1966 (talk) 16:57, 25 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hildebrand, Hans H.; Röhr, Albert; Steinmetz, Hans-Otto (1993). Die Deutschen Kriegsschiffe. Vol. 1–10. Ratingen: Mundus Verlag. ASIN B003VHSRKE.

Christened by the mayor of Breslau
- Added. Parsecboy (talk) 20:57, 16 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Initially only 3 smoke stacks, the 4th was added after initial sea trials (reason unknown)
- That's not supported in Gröner who shows four funnels in the 1912 drawing.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 01:39, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - I leave this up to you what to make of the info, maybe a footnote? MisterBee1966 (talk) 13:19, 3 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    - Added it in as a note. Parsecboy (talk) 20:57, 16 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
HRS page 142 state, hit by 5 mines, 330 killed but only 133 saved and taken POW
- Added a line on the discrepancy. Parsecboy (talk) 20:57, 16 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
2 dabs: Boiler room and Sinope
- Fixed.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 17:18, 25 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
crew size is 354 up to 374 (HRS p. 139), both figures do not match 330 killed plus 133/162 rescued
- Crew size always expands during wartime, but I have no detailed information.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 01:39, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Armament in 1916 was 2 × 15 cm SK L/45 guns; 10 × 10.5 cm SK L/45 guns after the battle at Odessa in April 1915. Midilli was refiited at the shipyard O.I.I. (Osmanli Imparatorlügü Istinye, Tersanesi). The 10 × 10.5 cm SK L/45 guns were replaced in July 1916 – April 1917
- This is a little confusing. My sources state two 10.5 cm guns were replaced by 15 cm guns by Feb. 1916. I don't have a good date for the replacement of the others so I can incorporate your data if you can provide complete bibliographic info.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 01:39, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The source from Hownam-Meek is not used/referenced maybe move to a further reading section?
- I've moved it back into the refs as I used it to cite the 5 mines.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 01:15, 16 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]