Talk:USS Varuna (1861)
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engraving entitled "Last Broadside of the Varuna." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.219.225.123 (talk) 01:10, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
Upgraded page
editReplaced old blue infobox with new type light blue ship infobox. Replaced infobox pix which was poorly reproduced and replaced it with the same pix with much higher quality from DANFS. Wikified article after verifying information with DANFS. Added two pix in text showing Varuna in battle and also sinking. Added new links, see also, minor edits and fixes throughout. Page is much improved from previously. Wikited (talk) 01:51, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Suggest locking
editThe two past revisions were to remove vandalism. I'd say lock it up to stop it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.196.242.184 (talk) 22:24, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
get poem about Varuna
editThe article says: "Varuna's part in the Union triumph was soon commemorated in George Henry Boker's poem, "The Varuna", which appeared in the Philadelphia Press on 12 May [1862]." Surely the poem must be in the public domain. It would be highly relevant to get it and include it in this article! I wonder if it was published elsewhere in a book that could be obtained. But actually it should be possible to get the Philadelphia Press article by request to a librarian in Philadelphia. --doncram 18:00, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
P.S. The mention of poem was included in the initial edit of this article, created by Jinian way back in 28 May 2005! Jinian, I see you are still active... can you comment? Thank you for creating this interesting article. --doncram 18:06, 5 October 2015 (UTC)