Template:Did you know nominations/Columbus (1824 ship)

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 23:29, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

Columbus (1824 ship)

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The Columbus

... that the Columbus (pictured) was a disposable ship, built from large quantities of North American timber and intended to be sailed to London where she would be dismantled to avoid cargo import duties? "the Columbus and the Baron of Renfrew were so-called "disposable ships", built for one-off journeys from North America to the UK, where they would be dismantled and the timber sold - thus avoiding timber duties" from: Tenold, Stig (1 January 2019). Norwegian Shipping in the 20th Century. Springer. p. 167. ISBN 978-3-319-95639-8.)
- ALT1:... that in 1824 the disposable ship Columbus (pictured) became the largest vessel to have crossed the Atlantic Ocean? "she is the largest ship that ever cross the Atlantic" from: Drew, Samuel (1825). The Imperial Magazine;: And, Monthly Record of Religious, Philosophical, Historical, Biographical, Topographical, and General Knowledge. Caxton Press. p. 109.

Reviewed: Second and last credit from Template:Did you know nominations/Engineers' Club Building

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 07:36, 15 October 2021 (UTC).

New article is 5,870 characters long and nominated one day later. No copyvios detected and duplication detector[1] reveal no close paraphrasing issues (AGF books and offline refs which can't go through Dup detector). Article is well-sourced. Main hook is 189 characters long (ALT1 is 103); both are under 200 character max. and are interesting. Refs 1 (verifying the hook) and 5 (verifying ALT1) are reliable sources. QPQ done. Image is free and in the public domain. Looks good to go! —Bloom6132 (talk) 09:42, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

ALT0 to T:DYK/P3 without image