Template:Did you know nominations/French submarine Romazotti

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The result was: nomination withdrawn by nominator L293D (☎ • ✎) 02:18, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

French submarine Romazotti

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Romazotti between 1922 and 1923

... that despite being a member of a submarine class named after old French scholars, the namesake of the French submarine Romazotti (pictured) was a recent submarine designer? Source: page 212 of Robert Gardiner; Randal Gray (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1906-1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 978-0-85177-245-5.

Reviewed: Battle of Damme

Created by L293D (talk). Self-nominated at 12:22, 3 November 2018 (UTC).

Note that the quoted source does not back up the hook - it does not say who or what the submarine was named after, and does not state that the class was named after old French scholars.Nigel Ish (talk) 23:31, 13 November 2018 (UTC)