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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXIV (December 2008)
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Republic of Ireland
Thanks for catching my gaffe over the Nursing in Ireland article! I'm afraid I don't know that part of the world well enough, and so just used the existing subheading as the page title. Cheers, Basie (talk) 12:05, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

HMS Inflexible (1876)
Back in December 2006 you worked on the above article for HMS Inflexible. I have been trying to trace the origin of the caption on the image at the top of that article, which says the original masts were removed in 1885. As far as i can see, this comment appeared somewhere in the middle of your edits. Anyway, there is a picture of a painting of the battle of Alexandria, 1882, which shows the ships masts pretty much as they are after the supposed 1885 changes. The picture appears p. 80 in the the book, 'the life of lord fisher of Kilverstone' by Admiral R h bacon, supposedly painted by the Chevalier de Martino. Of course, it is entirely possible the chevalier was not present and obtained a picture of the ship after its alterations, but still this is an anomaly. Wondered if you know anything about it? Sandpiper (talk) 20:30, 22 January 2009 (UTC)