Talk:HMS Scout (1918)/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk · contribs) 17:20, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

Will take a look shortly. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:20, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

Prelim

 * Long ton, John Brown & Company, Armistice of 11 November 1918, and World War I are duplicated links
 * Removed.
 * No edit wars
 * Image correctly licensed
 * Earwig reports copyvio unlikely

Lede and infobox

 * Lede is quite chunky, suggest splitting into two paragraphs
 * I think I see what you mean. I have reworded it so hopefully it flows better.
 * I don't think Scout was launched on "34 April 1918"...!
 * Oops. Amended.

Design and development

 * Link aft
 * Added.
 * "The Beam was..."
 * Added.
 * "making the vessel very wet" perhaps this could be changed to something like "causing excess water to come aboard at sea"?
 * Changed.
 * "enabled the heavier Mark V 21-inch torpedo to be carried" instead of?
 * The source does not say. I assume a lighter torpedo.

Construction and career

 * Link Royal Navy
 * Added.
 * "before the Armistice that ended the First World War." is repeated twice in the paragraph
 * Removed the second instance.
 * Western Front should be capitalised
 * Capitalised.
 * "The fleet was tasked with not simply helping to" > "The fleet was also tasked with helping to...and supporting the..."
 * Changed,
 * Cowan is a rear-admiral, not an admiral
 * Changed (and in the lead).
 * "was reported to have left" left where?
 * Clarified.
 * "left their anchorage" where?
 * Clarified.
 * "the British ships reported a hit" all the ships reported a single hit? and what kind of hit?
 * The sources give no more detail.
 * "Scout joined the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla" when?
 * Added.
 * "by the Wanderer"
 * Removed.
 * "the ship ran aground during trials" do we know where?
 * Not exactly, but I have added context to show roughly where.
 * "recommissioned on 20 September"
 * Added.
 * "landings"
 * Added.
 * "on 13 February" 1942 needs to be moved to this date and removed from the succeeding one
 * Moved.
 * "the ship formed part of Force B" doing what? for how long?
 * Clarified.