Talk:SS Alesia

Renaming: Duraes or Dunrae

Note: I've copied this conversation here from my talk page so others have the benefit. Toddst1 (talk) 23:13, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Hi, are you sure that the name of this ship became Dunrae, or that the date of 1899 is correct? Reason I ask is that it doesn't sound very Norwegian and The Times of 18 September 1899 (p4, column C) states that a Norwegian ship named Duraes sprang a leak and sank off Elba on 8 September 1899 with a cargo of minerals. Duraes is a much more Norwegian name, but Alesia was not a cargo ship. Anyway, food for thought, I'm not proposing to make any changes to the article on the ship on the strength of this. Mjroots (talk) 22:48, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

No, I'm not, I was going by the source that's linked: [1]. It was the only one I had at the time. I suspect the Times is more accurate. Toddst1 (talk) 23:13, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Of course, it is possible that she was not sold and renamed, see this webpage for details. Mjroots (talk) 23:29, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Which is backed up by The Ships List, which quotes a book source. Looks like a rewrite may be in order. Mjroots (talk) 23:36, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

WP:V is only as good as the sources I guess. Mea culpa. Toddst1 (talk) 04:31, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

There were at least two other ships name Alesia in the period 1882-99. It is probably Norddeutscher Lloyd's ship of that name which became Duraes. Mjroots (talk) 07:46, 7 February 2011 (UTC)