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Original – The British Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Hood (51) seen in 1924.
Reason
Large historic photo of HMS Hood (pennant number 51) from 1924. Hood was the last battlecruiser built by the British Royal Navy. Hood was sunk by the German battleship Bismark during World War II.
Articles in which this image appears
HMS Hood (51), List of battlecruisers, List of sunken battlecruisers
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Water
Creator
State Library of Victoria
The SLV website - or, at least, the link given on the file's description page - doesn't seem to want to work at the moment. Is the link correct? Adam Cuerden (talk) 17:03, 5 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I think it's a dud link. This appears to be the correct link. --jjron (talk) 13:15, 6 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I'll have a look and see what I can do. Suspect it'll be a new nom, though, given how soon this closes. Adam Cuerden (talk) 23:22, 6 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:13, 9 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]