# Talk:HMS Sheffield (C24)

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This appears to be a reverse copyvio. Most of the articles on the http://www.russianconvoyclub.org.nz/RoyalNavyShipsPT.html page are close copies of their corresponding WP articles. The Sheffield-related text on that site dates back to at least 2008 (https://web.archive.org/web/20080516112448/http://www.russianconvoyclub.org.nz/MembersShips.htm) and if the copyright dates on that page are accurate, was first created in 2007 (the domain was first registered 2007-05-11 according to https://www.dnc.org.nz/whois/search?domain_name=russianconvoyclub.org.nz).
The bulk of the WP article was written on 2006-11-02 by User:Folks_at_137, but the supposed "source" contains corrections made by User:Cosal on 2007-01-22 (but not the further corrections made by other authors in August 2007, indicating that it was copied between these dates; likely around the date of the domain registration in May 2007), thus, it cannot be the original source.
Mallardtheduck (talk) 13:31, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

It certainly seems quite bizarre that this was even listed as a potential copybio when it's so obviously a reverse copybio. 2600:1702:1870:74D0:B56C:CB57:8785:608 (talk) 04:19, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
Agreed - this seems a pretty clear case where it's been copied from us. Andrew Gray (talk) 12:05, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

The first paragraphe of the article says :"The ship was laid down in January 1936, launched in July 1936, and commissioned in August 1937."
The first paragraphe of the "characteristics" section says :"Her keel was laid on 31 January 1935, she was launched on 23 July 1936 and she was completed on 25 August 1937."
Was the ship laid in 35 or 36? 184.95.234.138 (talk) 20:33, 18 June 2025 (UTC)