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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:24, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

NMS Regina Maria

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Regina Maria off Sevastopol, 1944
Regina Maria off Sevastopol, 1944
  • ... that despite Romania switching sides to join the Allies in 1944, the Soviet Union seized the Romanian destroyer Regina Maria among other ships and commissioned it into their navy? Source: page 225 of Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. London: Cassell Publishing. ISBN 1-85409-521-8.

Improved to Good Article status by Sturmvogel 66 (talk). Nominated by L293D (talk) at 14:21, 26 November 2018 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
  • Cited: Yes - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting: Yes
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Hook meets requirements but could maybe be a bit shorter and punchier? Perhaps something like ALT1 ... that the Soviet Union seized the Romanian destroyer Regina Maria and commissioned it into their navy despite Romania having switched sides to join the Allies? This is my first DYK review, and I have suggested an alternate hook, so I would appreciate a second review. Glorioussandwich (talk) 18:05, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

  • Nice suggestion, I've added it as ALT1 and struck the original hook. L293D ( • ) 14:23, 29 November 2018 (UTC)