Template:Did you know nominations/HMS Alceste (1806)


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The result was: promoted by   HalfGig   talk  20:53, 21 December 2014 (UTC)

HMS Alceste (1806)

 * ... that HMS Alceste conveyed Lord Amherst on his 1816 diplomatic mission to China?
 * ALT1:... that HMS Alceste was wrecked then later burned by Malayan pirates?
 * ALT2:... that HMS Alceste action on 29 November 1811 may have altered the course of the War of the Fifth Coalition?
 * ALT3:... that HMS Alceste was one of the first European ships to visit Liaodong Bay?
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Coccus hesperidum

Improved to Good Article status by Ykraps (talk). Self nominated at 09:45, 13 December 2014 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg Article is a recent GA, is long enough, neutral, and passes my copyvio checks of the sources that I can access. Initial hook cited to an offline source, ALT1 cited, ALT2 cited, ALT3 cited. I'm not a big fan of ALT2, but will leave that up to the reviewer. QPQ done. GTG. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 16:09, 13 December 2014 (UTC)


 * With respect to ALT2: what war? EEng (talk) 16:17, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
 * That would be the War of the Fifth Coalition, part of the Napoleonic Wars.--Ykraps (talk) 13:11, 21 December 2014 (UTC)