Talk:HMS Redpole (1808)

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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle talk 22:20, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

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• ... that HMS Redpole, one of the aptly-named coffin brigs, sank in an action with a pirate vessel in August 1828? Source: Blake, Nicholas; Lawrence, Richard (1999). The Illustrated Companion to Nelson's Navy. London: Chatham Publishing. p. 42. ISBN 1 86176 090 6., Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley: Seaforth. p. 314. ISBN 1-86176-246-1.
  • ALT1: ... that HMS Redpole escorted Napoleon Bonaparte to exile in St Helena? Source: Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley: Seaforth. p. 314. ISBN 1-86176-246-1., Ussher, Thomas (1906). Napoleon's last voyages : being the diaries of Admiral Sir Thomas Ussher, R. N., K. C. B. (on board the "Undaunted"), and John R. Glover, secretary to Rear Admiral Cockburn (on board the "Northumberland"). New York: Charles Scribner. p. 191. OCLC 1049880975.
  • ALT2: ... that HMS Redpole was attacked on the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte? Source: Clowes, William Laird (1997) [1900]. The Royal Navy, A History from the Earliest Times to 1900, Volume V. London: Chatham Publishing. p. 493. ISBN 1-86176-014-0.
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Created by Ykraps (talk). Self-nominated at 07:18, 28 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/HMS Redpole (1808); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
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Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
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QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Ykraps: Good article. AGF on sources I can't access. Onegreatjoke (talk) 03:10, 2 September 2023 (UTC)