Tobin Dax

Current Areas of Interest

RMS Ivernia (1899)
I am currently researching the RMS Ivernia for a personal project, and any findings for this vessel, as well as primary sources, are being placed on Wikipedia. This is to leave a permanent, open record of my findings, and to act as a single place for me to access these details while I carry out my project.

I am not affliated with any institutions, and have no personal connection to the vessel.Tobin Dax (talk) 21:13, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

Blue Ensign

Hello Tobin Thanks very much for turning up the Blue Ensign reference for Lusitania. That is really useful, especially as a direct link can be useful for refs: The Navy List, July 1908, p.417 - Davidships (talk) 23:39, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for the link and a pointer for formatting references on talk pages.

I didn't realise that source was on Google Books, I keep finding sources that are paywalled and I should probably put more effort in to finding if they're freely available somewhere so I can link.

The Navy Lists have records of RNR officers (for most years) that are eligible to fly the Blue Ensign and what ship they were serving on, which is also handy.

It's not clear what the policy actually is for whether the blue ensign can be put in the infobox or not. At least with this source it's possible to work out whether any of a ship's masters were eligible.

I'm fairly sure a single voyage wouldn't qualify a ship (with the exception of Titanic), and I'm certain if every voyage had an eligible master it would qualify a ship. What if only half though, and without silly amounts of research we simply won't be able to quantify what portion of a ship's voyages qualified anyway.

Don't suppose you've encountered any discussions or specific guidance on this?

Feels like a topic very prone to debate, and most don't have such a clear-cut answer as Lusitania Tobin Dax (talk) 08:30, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		The Ships Barnstar
		For your work expanding RMS Ivernia (1899). Thank you for your contributions to the encyclopedia. -Ad Orientem (talk) 18:11, 20 October 2024 (UTC)