Talk:Iron Duke-class battleship/GA1

GA Review

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GA review to follow on Saturday. Auntieruth55 (talk) 00:17, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

initial comments: prose isn't as good as usual. For example:

• Three of the ships, Iron Duke, Benbow, and Marlborough, were present at the Battle of Jutland, though Emperor of India was in dock for periodic refit. I think no though. Use a semicolon, or a new sentence or a parenthetical comment.
• The plates were easily washed away, though, and without them, water easily entered the ship and caused significant flooding. Hmmmm, easily repetitive, if you understand my meaning....?
• Iron Duke was reduced to a training and depot ship and lasted in that role until 1946 when she was scrapped. Reduced to a training and depot ship, the Iron Duke lasted in that role until 1946, when she was scrapped. (what IS a depot ship, btw?)

• It could engage targets on an arc from between 30° to 150° from the centerline on either beam of the ship. Huh??? Explain to a novice, please. I understandd engaging targets, but the rest of it is jibberish to me.

• There were some significant problems with the casemated guns early on, however. They were equipped with hinged plates that were designed to close off the casemate turrets in heavy seas. The plates were easily washed away, though, and without them, water easily entered the ship and caused significant flooding. This problem was compounded by the fact that they had been mounted too low in the hull, which subjected them to heavier pounding from rough seas. The problem was eventually corrected by the addition of dwarf bulkheads in the gun houses and rubber seals to the hinged plates.  ?? The casement guns presented seaworthiness problems. Hinged plates could be closed in heavy seas to prevent water from entering the gun turrets. In early usage, however, the navy discovered that the plates readily washed away, and without them, the ships were flooded. This problem was compounded by a design flaw: the hinges were mounted too low on the hull, which subjected them to heavier pounding in rough seas. Eventually, the navy corrected the problem by adding dwarf bulkheads in the gun houses and rubber seals to the hinged plates.

And so on. You might give it another read. I'll take a look tomorrow. Auntieruth55 (talk) 00:28, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

I've passed this, but before you go to A review you'll need to deal with these issues. Auntieruth55 (talk) 17:36, 26 September 2009 (UTC)