Talk:The Downs (ship anchorage)

Timing
When was this "a permanent base for warships patrolling the North Sea and a gathering point for refitted or newly-built ships coming out of Chatham Dockyard"? There are no years or mentions of wars in the article... Important information which should be added please. LordAmeth 20:11, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Requested move 11 November 2017

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The result of the move request was: move (non-admin closure). f eminist 09:19, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

The Downs → The Downs (ship anchorage) – To most people in Britain except sailors, "the Downs" without disambiguation first means chalk hill areas such as the North Downs or the South Downs. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 06:22, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Support redirect to Downs dab page. In ictu oculi (talk) 09:23, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Support converting to a redirect to a disambig page -- 70.51.45.76 (talk) 04:32, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. -- Necrothesp (talk) 10:25, 16 November 2017 (UTC)


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Andrew Barton (privateer)
An editor added information about Barton to the article, with a cite to an old book; the information, though, is contradicted by our own article about the man (Andrew Barton (privateer)), with seemingly stronger, multiple, references. I have no knowledge of the correctness of either, and have edited to try and be essentially neutral. I have hidden but not removed the previous cite. If anyone has better or further knowledge, please re-add it or correct me. Happy days, ~ LindsayHello 10:04, 3 March 2024 (UTC)