Talk:Unicorn (Tintin)

The flag in the Spanish edition by Editorial Juventud
"El Unicornio" flies a white flag -which, incidentally, was the French 18th-century pre-revolutionay naval ensign. At times, by the Spanish editor's mistake, I presume, it can be hardly noticed what seems to be the vessel's original ensign: a blue flag dotted with golden fleurs-de-lys, that is, a French 17th-century naval ensign. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.85.148.202 (talk) 11:48, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Great comment. See my comment below. Prhartcom (talk) 17:12, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

The Union Jack
A mistake on the part of the English editor. The 17th-century English warships, with the exception of Cromwell's fleet, flew the Red Ensign and the Blue Ensign, in both cases with the English red cross of Saint George in the canton. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.85.148.202 (talk) 11:52, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Great comment. The warship in the book prominently shows the Union Jack (barely visible in the image from the Tintin book appearing in this article but more visible in other views of the ship in the book). In the original Casterman edition, as you say in the previous comment above, I have no doubt the French flag is shown. The English publishers may have substituted the wrong flag. We'd better leave the text in this English-speaking article according to the source. Prhartcom (talk) 17:12, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

Name Unicorn
I think the article is confusing as at one point it states that "No ship named the Unicorn was listed in the annals of...the Royal Navy" but in the notes (and in my own research) it is clear that a ship of 50 guns from c. 1650 was named Unicorn. (I cannot verify that a Haddock was the captain, as the notes say.)

Suggest we delete the line in question. Lordjim13 (talk) 18:02, 7 June 2015 (UTC)


 * That's not according to the reliable sources the article provides, which say otherwise. On Wikipedia, our own original research counts for nothing. Prhartcom (talk) 19:28, 7 June 2015 (UTC)


 * (Sorry for late reply, don't come here often.) The two reliable sources listed are books on Tintin, whereas I have a book on The Royal Navy, which lists a ship named Unicorn several times in the 'annals' of the fleet.  So the claim seems factually incorrect, and at the least imprecise.  Lordjim13 (talk) 14:14, 21 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Absolutely, if you cite the source, you can improve the article and make this change. Prhartcom (talk) 18:35, 21 August 2015 (UTC)