Template:Did you know nominations/HNoMS Storm (1898)

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The result was: promoted by BlueMoonset (talk) 05:55, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

HNoMS Storm (1898)

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... that the 1898 torpedo boat Storm was the only Norwegian warship to fire a torpedo at the invading Germans during the 1940 Norwegian Campaign?

Reviewed: Chambersburg Raid

Created/expanded by Manxruler (talk). Self nom at 21:48, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Nice article. Date and length are fine. Sources look good, though I'm necessarily AGFing as (1) they're offline and (2) they're in Norwegian, which might as well be Swahili for all the understanding I have of it. The article's well written and nicely laid out and the hook is interesting (evidently the Norwegian Navy didn't have much luck in the campaign?). I'm happy for this one to go. Prioryman (talk) 23:16, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, Prioryman. The Royal Norwegian Navy certainly had fairly limited amounts of luck in that campaign, most of the ships being captured or sunk the first couple of days. Of the 121 ships in the navy when the Germans attacked, only 14 (+ a captured German trawler) made it into exile in the UK after 62 days of fighting. Manxruler (talk) 23:29, 18 October 2012 (UTC)