Talk:SMS Rostock/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: MisterBee1966 (talk · contribs) 12:56, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

My feedback is based on Hildebrand, Röhr and Steinmetz, volume 7, pages 84–87. MisterBee1966 (talk) 17:07, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

Hildebrand, Hans H.; Röhr, Albert; Steinmetz, Hans-Otto (1993). Die Deutschen Kriegsschiffe. Vol. 1–10. Ratingen: Mundus Verlag. ASIN B003VHSRKE.

• christened by mayor of Rostock, Dr. Magnus Maßmann (has German Wiki page)
  • Added.
• "was laid down at the Howaldtserhe" it should be "Howaldts-Werke" name of the shipyard
  • Thanks, it was a typo.
• At the Battle of Jutland, HMS Nestor and Nicator were sunk not disabled. HRS claim that Rostock picked up survivors.
  • Campbell indicates the battleships, not Rostock, sank the destroyers, and that four torpedo boats (he gives the hull numbers) picked up the survivors.
• torpedo hit her at 1:30; HRS claims that Rostock had fired 500 x 10.5 cm shells in the engagement, more than any other German ship
  • Added.
• In 1918 a second SMS Rostock was laid down as Ersatz Mainz, which was never completed.
  • The ship (a Cöln class cruiser) was laid down in 1915 and launched in 1918 - added to the article. Parsecboy (talk) 11:26, 6 December 2011 (UTC)