Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/November 2015/Articles


 * Yugoslav monitor Vardar (Peacemaker67): One of two articles that Peacemaker got promoted to featured status this month, this article looks at a Yugoslav monitor. Vardar saw action with the Austro-Hungarian and Yugoslav navies in both the world wars, and was renamed on several occasions. During World War I, she served in the Danube and Black Sea regions, and in World War II she was scuttled by her crew after becoming trapped during the German invasion of Yugoslavia.


 * Yugoslav submarine Nebojša (Peacemaker67): The second of PM's articles that were featured this month, this article looks at a diesel-electric submarine built in the inter-war years for the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, which later became Yugoslavia. Despite budgetary constraints, which limited training opportunities, the submarine served throughout the 1930s. During World War II, when Axis forces invaded Yugoslavia, the Nebojša evaded capture by Italian forces, and joined British naval forces in the Mediterranean where she performed a training role. After the war she was taken over by the new Yugoslav government and renamed Tara, continuing to serve until stricken in 1954 and then scrapped in 1958.


 * Russian battleship Oslyabya (Sturmvogel 66 & Buggie111): The latest of Sturmvogel's articles on Russian battleships, this article was a co-nomination with Buggie111 and looks at a warship with an unusual career. Although she took almost eight years to complete, she only managed a couple of years of service with the Imperial Russian Navy before being sunk by Japanese forces in the Battle of Tsushima in 1905 during the Russo-Japanese War.




 * Æthelwulf (Dudley Miles): Part of a long running series of articles Dudley has worked on in relation to monarchs, this one was promoted twice during the month, firstly to A-class and then Featured Article status. This one looks at the monarch considered by many historians to be the first King of England. The son of King Edward the Elder, from 839 to 858 Æthelwulf was King of Wessex.


 * SMS Prinz Adalbert (1901) (Parsecboy): Named after Prince Adalbert of Prussia, SMS Prinz Adalbert served in the Baltic during the early years of the First World War, protecting the German coast from Russian attacks and conducting reconnaissance. In November 1914, she became the flagship of a cruiser squadron and took part in bombarding the port of Libau in support of the German Army. She was torpedoed by a British submarine in July 1915, but was able to return to port for repairs. She was torpedoed a second time on 23 October 1915, in what proved to be the worst German naval disaster in the Baltic during the war. The torpedo detonated her ammunition magazines and destroyed the ship, which sank quickly with heavy loss of life; only three men were rescued from a crew of 675.


 * Æthelwulf (Dudley Miles): Promoted to both A-class and Featured Article status this month. See above.


 * Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier (Sturmvogel 66): Yet another quality article on a warship, this one focuses on the Shōkaku-class aircraft carriers, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the late 1930s. Completed shortly before the start of the Pacific War in 1941, they were arguably the best aircraft carriers in the world at the time. With the exception of the Battle of Midway, they participated in every major naval action of the Pacific War, including the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Indian Ocean Raid, the Battle of the Coral Sea, and the Guadalcanal Campaign.