Talk:White Ship disaster

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Date of sinking

I am reverting this edit Revision as of 18:30, 5 March 2021 by user:Jardeheu which changed the date of the sinking from 25th to 24th November 1119.

I am worried that is righting a great wrong because the edit which changes the date added "(and not 25 November 1120, as widely mentioned)." To support the change user:Jardeheu uses as an unreliable source that analyses a primary source: http://closducotentin.over-blog.fr/2020/11/essai-d-enquete-nautique-sur-le-naufrage-de-la-blanche-nef-a-barfleur-au-xiie-siecle.html

The website ( http://closducotentin.over-blog.fr/ ) states on its home page

French	Google translated
Ce site présente les actualités proposées par l'équipe du Pays d'art et d'histoire du Clos du Cotentin. Il contient également des dossiers documentaires consacrés au patrimoine et à l'histoire de Valognes, Bricquebec et Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte.	This site presents the news proposed by the team of the Country of art and history of Clos du Cotentin. It also contains documentary files devoted to the heritage and history of Valognes, Bricquebec and Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte.

I Checked

• Mason, J. F. A. (23 September 2004). "William [William Ætheling, William Adelinus, William Adelingus] (1103–1120)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29453. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

And while Mason does not categorically state the sinking took place on 25th he makes it clear that it happened no earlier than the 25th:

but when Henry embarked for England with his son from Barfleur on 25 November 1120, all the king's achievements were overthrown by one of the greatest and most frequently recounted personal tragedies of English history. Henry sailed first, having turned down the offer of a new ship—the White Ship—from Thomas Fitzstephen; the Ætheling and his retinue (reminiscent of the youthful entourage once enjoyed by his uncle Robert Curthose) followed in the new vessel.

So I think that as Wikipedia is a follower and not a place for publishing original research, if the date of the sinking is to be changed it must be done by citing 21st century reliable secondary sources. -- PBS (talk) 15:19, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

Presumed section found

A reputable newspaper has reported this week that a significant portion of likely wreckage has been found in a likely location. 94.30.84.71 (talk) 19:24, 12 June 2021 (UTC)

Is this it (Daily Telegraph; NB paywall)? 84.9.119.66 (talk) 01:15, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

What was the outcome of The Anarchy?

I am wonder who won in at the end of The Anarchy and whether it is relevant here or not. -Maescam (talk) 02:54, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

How reliable can the sources for details of the be?

So, the passage

William Adelin got into a small boat and could have escaped but turned back to try to rescue his half-sister, Matilda, when he heard her cries for help. His boat was swamped by others trying to save themselves, and William drowned along with them

How is this known? There was only one survivor and he was pretty busy clinging to a rock. And it was night. That's not even counting the details like the voice was the guy's half sister. Theres's more, like the captain drowning himself etc. I can't read the sources, but my presumption is that they can't be reliable for these facts.

We ought to say "according to legend, first written down in year X, such and such happened..." or something. Unless I'm missing something. Herostratus (talk) 02:27, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Requested move 7 September 2024

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Charlotte (Queen of Hearts • talk) 20:27, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

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White Ship → White Ship disaster – This article is not about the ship, but about the ship's sinking. Indeed it could not be about the ship—there's not enough available to say/know on just the ship. We should refer to it by what readers would expect (the principle of least astonishment). Indeed there is already precedent for this on Wikipedia: see the Victims of the White Ship disaster.

A quick google search for "White Ship disaster" shows that this is by no means uncommon: 6,640 web results and 2,960 book results. Aza24 (talk) 19:13, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

• Support. As OP states, the article is about the White Ship disaster, not solely the ship, and this move will make the article consistent with victims of the White Ship disaster. Sources by subject matter experts (medievalists and historians) attest that "White ship disaster" is the common name for this topic: [1], [2], [3], etc. Hydrangeans (she/her | talk | edits) 10:29, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
• Support the OP makes a cogent and persuasive argument. I agree that, since we know nothing as to the ship's functioning history—its order, construction, launch, victualing, crewing, ownership, voyages etc.—and we focus on what we do know, that should be reflected in the article title. The sinking, rather than the ship itself. SerialNumber54129 11:52, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
• Would prefer Sinking of the White Ship or Wreck of the White Ship, but White Ship disaster is an improvement over the present title, and if links I haven't clicked say it's the common name, then why not support. I don't even know why this is on my watchlist, so I'm probably not the best judge of title. Folly Mox (talk) 17:18, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

  Either would be an improvement, though I don't know that they trump "disaster" in sources. At the very least, both would be solid redirects. Aza24 (talk) 05:06, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

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