Template:Did you know nominations/HMNZS Manawanui (2019)

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The result was: promoted by Hilst talk 21:01, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

HMNZS Manawanui (2019)

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HMNZS Manawanui in 2020

• ... that the Royal New Zealand Navy dive and hydrographic vessel Manawanui (pictured) sank off Samoa in October 2024?

• Source: "The HMNZS Manawanui, a specialist dive and hydrographic vessel worth $100m, sank this morning after it ran aground on a reef off the coast of the Samoan island of Upolu and caught fire last night." from: "He said losing one of the Navy's five crewed ships, the first to be lost in peacetime, was "significant"." from: "HMNZS Manawanui crew and passengers rescued after ship runs aground in Samoa". New Zealand Defence Force. Archived from the original on 6 October 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2024.

• ALT1: ... that in October 2024 the Manawanui became the first Royal New Zealand Navy vessel to be lost in peacetime? Source: "He said losing one of the Navy's five crewed ships, the first to be lost in peacetime, was "significant"." from: "HMNZS Manawanui crew and passengers rescued after ship runs aground in Samoa". New Zealand Defence Force. Archived from the original on 6 October 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Catharina Weiss
• Comment: Currently nominated at ITN, but not gaining much traction. Will withdraw if it is posted there. Lots of edits over the past days, I have tried to pick out the most significant contributors so far but happy for more to be added.

5x expanded by Dumelow (talk), IdiotSavant (talk), and Nick-D (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 886 past nominations.

Dumelow (talk) 07:44, 7 October 2024 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: All good here. An alternative hook could talk about the oil leakage and damage to the reef, but both extant hooks are sourced and viable. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 15:33, 19 October 2024 (UTC)