Talk:SS Irish Pine (1919)

Republic of Ireland reference removed
I removed the reference to Republic of Ireland, as it was inaccurate and unnecessary in the context. The state formally became a republic some years after the events described, but the official name of the state remained unchanged. It is still "Ireland", not "Republic of Ireland", so it is not necessary to make a distinction.Michael of Lucan (talk) 16:45, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

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Requested move 5 December 2017

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Not moved. There is a clear absence of consensus on the proposal. bd2412 T 21:20, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

SS Irish Pine (1919) → West Hematite – The ship spent most of her career under the name West Hematite, under US flag. She was built in the US, under well-known US shipbuilding program in 1918-1920. The ship was barely a year under Irish flag. The guidelines for ship-naming are quite vague - best known name. Known to who? I've never heard of SS Irish Pine, but definitely know about "West" ships built in the US. The length of service in cases like that should outweigh any torpedo attacks, and the ship should be listed under her original name. Crook1 (talk) 18:26, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment Per WP:NC-S, the proposal should be to move the article to SS West Hematite. Mjroots (talk) 20:01, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Accepting the comments about the guidelines being quite vague, I feel that despite her long career as West Hematite, her service and loss as Irish Pine carries just that bit more weight. Mjroots (talk) 20:01, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment - Just to give an example, USS Hopewell (DD-181) is correctly listed as a US destroyer, while it was obviously torpedoed under Norwegian flag. Should it be listed as HMS Bath instead? There should be well defined rules for cases like that, otherwise it looks completely arbitrary. Crook1 (talk) 22:15, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Alongside periods of uneventful construction, normal trading and lay-up, the ship is mainly notable for three events: the apparently minor grounding in 1923, the rescue of 15 survivors of Richmond Castle, and her own sinking (a neutral ship wrongly sunk, and with the deaths of all 33 crew). A strong case for "Irish Pine" in my view. Davidships (talk) 01:26, 6 December 2017 (UTC)


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