Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/SMS Prinzregent Luitpold

SMS Prinzregent Luitpold
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 * 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/August 19, 2013 by BencherliteTalk 10:51, 12 August 2013‎ (UTC)



SMS Prinzregent Luitpold was the fifth and final vessel of the Kaiser-class battleship of battleships of the German Imperial Navy. Prinzregent Luitpold's keel was laid in October 1910 at the Germaniawerft dockyard in Kiel. She was launched on 17 February 1912 and was commissioned into the navy on 19 August 1913. Prinzregent Luitpold was assigned to the III Battle Squadron of the High Seas Fleet for the majority of her career; in December 1916, she was transferred to the IV Battle Squadron. Along with her four sister ships, SMS Kaiser (1911), SMS Friedrich der Grosse (1911), SMS Kaiserin, and SMS König Albert, Prinzregent Luitpold participated in all of the major fleet operations of World War I, including the Battle of Jutland on 31 May – 1 June 1916. The ship was also involved in Operation Albion, an amphibious assault on the Russian-held islands in the Gulf of Riga, in late 1917. After Germany's defeat in the war and the signing of the Armistice in November 1918, Prinzregent Luitpold and most of the capital ships of the High Seas Fleet were interned by the Royal Navy in Scapa Flow. Prinzregent Luitpold was raised in July 1931 and subsequently broken up for scrap in 1933. 1 point-Date relevancy 1 point-Total QatarStarsLeague (talk) 16:43, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Support. I like the matter-of-fact and NPOV presentation. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 16:14, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Support, per Cirt --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:45, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Similar subject matter to Dutch 1913 battleship proposal, TFA on 6th August. But centennial anniversary gets six points, not one; so even with a 3 point penalty for Dutch battleships it's 3 points not 1. BencherliteTalk 13:11, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
 * And a naval battle coming up on the 24th. But we managed to get through July with nothing on naval history except the tangential History of Gibraltar, against two warships and Midshipman in June. I won't oppose this but can we establish a principle of only one warship & one other naval history article per month? Looking at our naval reserve, an alarming number are disamed by 1913 or 1914, as one might expect, and 1943 & '44 will continue to provide plenty of battles.  Johnbod (talk) 13:54, 6 August 2013 (UTC)