Template:Did you know nominations/SM U-21 (Germany)


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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:20, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

SM U-21 (Germany)

 * ... that the British scout cruiser HMS Pathfinder was sunk (pictured) by the German U-boat
 * ALT1:... that the sinking of the British scout cruiser HMS Pathfinder (pictured) by the German U-boat in 1914 was the first time a warship was sunk by a modern submarine?
 * ALT2:... that the German U-boat sank two British battleships, the HMS Majestic and HMS Triumph, in a span of three days?
 * Reviewed: Not a self-nomination

Improved to Good Article status by Parsecboy (talk). Nominated by Oceanh (talk) at 12:27, 15 August 2014 (UTC).

Article was promoted to Good Article status yesterday. Offline sources accepted in good faith for paraphrasing and copyright issues. I'm slightly concerned about the use of a self-published source (O'Connell) although it isn't cited often in the text and the hook fact is cited to different sources (Williamson and Lowell). Hook fact is noteworthy and interesting; another possibility would be the U-21 sinking two battleships in three days. No QPQ required in this case. The proposed image is freely available under a valid license. Mackensen (talk) 00:22, 17 August 2014 (UTC)