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German torpedo boat Albatros

 * Nominator(s): L293D (☎ • ✎) 22:49, 18 January 2019 (UTC) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 23:05, 18 January 2019 (UTC)

 One of six Type 23 torpedo boats, laid down in 1925 and launched in 1927. The ship participated in the Spanish civil War and briefly in World War II. It fired the first shot of Operation Weserübung but then ran aground while trying to avoid Norwegian coastal artillery. I created this article in May and got it to GA later in the year. Just recently, it also passed a MILHIST A-class review. Thanks in advance to all those who comment here. L293D (☎ • ✎) 22:49, 18 January 2019 (UTC)
 * This is a bit of a surprise. fails to mention that I greatly expanded on what he'd initially written and we both worked on the GA and A-class reviews. I didn't plan to nominate it anytime soon, but it should be in pretty good shape. As usual, please let us know if there are any issues with language variants or unexplained naval jargon.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 23:05, 18 January 2019 (UTC)

Images are appropriately licensed. Nikkimaria (talk) 03:43, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

Comments Support by PM
I had a good look at this during the recent Milhist ACR, so not much to pick up on really: That's me done. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:36, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
 * suggest dropping the 0 in from the draft in the body and infobox
 * The 0 is template-generated and I think it would be better for consistency to state the number of feet and inches as just on top the two were stated together in the infobox. L293D (☎ • <b style="color:#000">✎</b>) 00:11, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
 * suggest "In the spring of 1929, Albatros was departing Wilhelmshaven to take part in a fleet patrol in Spanish waters, and collided with Möwe at the exit from the harbor. Both ships followed the fleet four days later after repairs."
 * Done. <b style="color:#060">L293D</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b> • <b style="color:#000">✎</b>) 00:11, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
 * suggest "participants in the Spanish Civil War." with link
 * Done. <b style="color:#060">L293D</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b> • <b style="color:#000">✎</b>) 00:11, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
 * perhaps "the four ships of the 2nd Half-Flotilla" if it was still called that? there are other examples of this.
 * Done all instances. <b style="color:#060">L293D</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b> • <b style="color:#000">✎</b>) 00:11, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
 * "The half-flotilla returned to Spain" again if that is what it was.
 * Also done. <b style="color:#060">L293D</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b> • <b style="color:#000">✎</b>) 00:11, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
 * what happened to her between June-July 1937 and September 1939?
 * Added. <b style="color:#060">L293D</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b> • <b style="color:#000">✎</b>) 04:21, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
 * is the 5th Torpedo Boat Flotilla likely to be notable? If so, redlink?
 * Probably not. <b style="color:#060">L293D</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b> • <b style="color:#000">✎</b>) 04:21, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Actually, I could probably cobble something together if I felt like it. Added.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 13:19, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
 * "would not turn away, but and was"
 * Done. <b style="color:#060">L293D</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b> • <b style="color:#000">✎</b>) 04:21, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
 * suggest "Albatros's crew set the patrol boat on fire..."
 * Done. <b style="color:#060">L293D</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b> • <b style="color:#000">✎</b>) 04:21, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
 * suggest either "the lightly armed Norwegian minesweeper Otra" or "the lightly armed minesweeper HHoMS Otra" to clarify that this was a Norwegian vessel
 * Added. <b style="color:#060">L293D</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b> • <b style="color:#000">✎</b>) 04:21, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Notes 2 and 3 need a citation
 * Added. <b style="color:#060">L293D</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b> • <b style="color:#000">✎</b>) 13:12, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
 * In the infobox, it would be better if there were separate sections for Weimar and Nazi Germany service, as mashing the two flags together under the heading Nazi Germany doesn't really work.
 * I disagree. Many FAs have several flags "mashed" together in the infobox (e. g. SMS Zähringen). <b style="color:#060">L293D</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b> • <b style="color:#000">✎</b>) 13:12, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I think the better thing to do is to change Nazi Germany to just Germany.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 13:19, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I was suggesting doing the same as SMS Kronprinz Erzherzog Rudolf, for example, and dividing up the service history. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 00:30, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
 * In your example, Kronprinz Erzherzog Rudolf changed operator entirely, whereas the Weimar Republic and Third Reich are basically the country, with pretty much the same men aboard. <b style="color:#060">L293D</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b> • <b style="color:#000">✎</b>) 22:25, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Sure, it is fine now it just says Germany. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 23:21, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the review. Hopefully, we've resolved all of the issues that you noted.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 13:19, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
 * No prob. Nice work. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 23:21, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

Source review
The sources are all of high quality and reliable, exactly what you would expect on a German navy vessel of this vintage. No formatting errors I could see. Spot checks AGF'd as Sturm has a long history at FAC. Lenton's German Warships of the Second World War pp. 84–85 provides some additional detail regarding the class, in particular that despite their enlargement from the earlier types, they were still quite wet due to absence of sheer (and freeboard). It also mentions that they had a double bottom outside of the machinery spaces and longitudinal framing, those details are perhaps best for the class article. Also, the aft superfiring gun was on an open mount and the other two had gunshields. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:36, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I've added the gunshields, but I could only see the bottom of the page in google books snippet view. <b style="color:#060">L293D</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b> • <b style="color:#000">✎</b>) 13:12, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Fortunately, the gun shields are covered by Whitley, so I've changed the cite to that book.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 13:24, 27 January 2019 (UTC)

Comments from Parsecboy

 * I don't know that I'd characterize the 1929 cruise to Spain as a "patrol", since that suggests a conflict of some sort (and brings to mind the non-intervention patrols that came later). The Atlantic cruises of the Reichsmarine were a routine occurrence in this period - more of a training cruise/show the flag type of situation
 * "light cruiser Köln, and the" - no comma there
 * Do we need to link both Nazi Germany and the Third Reich? The latter is a bit less encyclopedic, IMO, and could be replaced simply with "Germany"
 * I think did so is a bit WP:EGGy
 * The article states there were four non-intervention patrols but only gives details of three - when was the fourth?
 * You might give a bit of context on the North Sea mining operations - these were defensive minefields intended to secure the seaward flank of the Westwall (for details and a cite, see German cruiser Emden, the footnote is Koop & Schmolke, pp. 44–45)
 * Link depth charge - these aren't mentioned in the armament section, btw
 * I spy a "realising" - the rest of the article seems to be AmEng. Parsecboy (talk) 16:35, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I can't believe that I didn't notice these earlier; sorry for the long delay. Depth charges are not listed in either the infobox or the armament section because none of my sources give any numbers for them. There are scattered mentions of them being used in Whitley, but I can't generalize from those, so I just left them out aside from actually using some. I think that I've addressed all the issues that you raised. See if my changes are satisfactory.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 00:49, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

Coordinator comment - After being open for well over a month, there just isn't enough here to achieve consensus for promotion and there's been very little activity since late January. -- Laser brain  (talk)  00:35, 26 February 2019 (UTC)