Template:Did you know nominations/HMS Pearl (1762)


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:58, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

HMS Pearl (1762)

 * ... that Pearl escorted troops to Kip's Bay during the American Revolutionary War in September 1776? Source: McCullough, David (2005). 1776. Simon & Schuster. p. 204. ISBN 0-7432-2671-2
 * ALT1: ... that Pearl was retrospectively awarded a service medal for her part in the Battle of Alexandria? Source: Long, W. H. (2010). Medals of the British Navy and how they were won. United Kingdom: Lancer Publishers. (p.112) ISBN 978-1-935501-27-5 and here [], pp.791-792
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Kraljevo massacre
 * Comment: New article pasted over pointless redirect to a barely relevant article.

Created by Ykraps (talk). Self-nominated at 10:53, 19 February 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg - Length, Date, QPQ, and Copyvio check are set. Offline refs are accepted AGF.  I added a note about the American revolutionary war for context to the original hook.  Mifter (talk) 17:22, 19 February 2017 (UTC)