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HMS Amethyst (1873)

 * ... that screw corvette HMS Amethyst was the only British wooden sailing ship to fight an armoured opponent after she engaged Peruvian ironclad Huáscar in the Battle of Pacocha in 1877?
 * Reviewed: Ecnomiohyla rabborum

Created/expanded by Sturmvogel 66 (talk). Self nom at 14:23, 13 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Interesting article, excellent infobox. Shortened hook slightly. Adequate sources, article long enough, new enough. Good to go. Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:36, 19 March 2012 (UTC)