Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Galeb-class minelayer

Galeb-class minelayer

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/July 29, 2023 by Jimfbleak - talk to me? 14:57, 12 June 2023 (UTC)



The six Galeb-class minelayers were originally built as minesweepers for the Imperial German Navy. In July 1921, they were purchased for the navy of the newly created Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (from 1929, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia). Re-armed, they were mainly used for training and "show the flag" cruises. Reclassified as minelayers, just before the April 1941 Axis invasion of Yugoslavia they laid mines off the Yugoslav coast, which probably resulted in the sinking of two Yugoslav merchant ships. All six were captured and put into Italian service escorting convoys in the Mediterranean Sea. All but one were lost or sunk during the war, with the remaining vessel escaping into Allied hands in September 1943 and being returned to the Royal Yugoslav Navy-in-exile at Malta in December. It was transferred the new Yugoslav Navy after the war and helped clear thousands of mines laid in Yugoslav waters, being finally disposed of in 1962.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Last Yugoslav ship or ship class TFA was Yugoslav destroyer Beograd on April 28, 2023.
 * Main editors: Peacemaker67
 * Promoted: July 23, 2022
 * Reasons for nomination: The class was acquired by Yugoslavia in July 1921, so any date in July would be ok, given there is already a nom for 20 July (the actual anniversary). This article is part of a featured topic, Ships of the Royal Yugoslav Navy.
 * Support as nominator. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 00:59, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Support. Gog the Mild (talk) 22:12, 10 May 2023 (UTC)