Template:Did you know nominations/Samuel Sparshott

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The result was: promoted by PrimalMustelid talk 17:45, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

{{DYK conditions}} {{DYK header|Samuel Sparshott, Edward Sparshott}} {{DYK nompage links|nompage=Samuel Sparshott|Samuel Sparshott|Edward Sparshott}} {{main page image/DYK|image=H.M.S. Winchester RMG PY0825 (cropped).jpg|caption=HMS Winchester}} Moved to mainspace by {{user0|Storye book}}. Self-nominated at 15:50, 4 October 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Samuel Sparshott; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
 * ... that Commander Samuel Sparshott, who testified at Lord Gambier's court-martial, and Admiral Edward Sparshott, who commanded the 52-gun HMS Winchester (pictured), were brothers who served in the Napoleonic Wars? Source: Samuel: Gurney 1809: (Sparshott attested that on the 12th April:) The Imperieuse then made that half the fleet could destroy the enemy - seven on shore". Edward: O'Byrne (1849): " (Sparshott) commanded the Winchester 52, as Flag-Captain to Hon. Sir Thos. Bladen Capel In the East Indies. The latter appointment he obtained at the recommendation of William IV". Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815): The articles show them both in action in ships of the Royal Navy in Europe during that period.
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 * Comment: (1) Both articles were moved to mainspace on 3 October 2023. (2) I believe that as it stands, the image is rather glamorous as a thumbnail, but if you want me to crop it more, and increase the contrast to make it show up more, I can do that. (3) ALT0 has 183 characters, excluding the second bolded name, and " (pictured)", as per Did you know/Guidelines.

Edward Sparshott
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