# Talk:HMS Hermione (1782)

The article "Spithead and Nore mutinies" claims that two men (not three) were injured (not killed) when they fell from the riggings. The article then claims that these two men were thrown overboard, presumably still alive.

Reliable sources to hand indicate that it is three killed, their bodies then being thrown overboard. I'll check if the other article needs bringing into line. Benea (talk) 18:55, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

I have been thinking (not sure if this is the right place to put this) that an article about the mutiny specifically might be worthwhile. Along with the Spithead and Nore mutinies of 1797 there was at least one other I am aware of: HMS Marie Antoinette. Admiral Jervis (whose article I expanded) used some fairly heavy handed tactics in the Mediterranean to supress mutiny in 1797. Hermione and Marie Antoinette do seem to be rare mutinies in that the crew went as far as killing their captains and handing their ships over to the enemy. Any thoughts? Thanks, 13:24, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Right place to put this.  Its worth considering but I think we should wait; the article doesn't have a length problem, and the mutiny is the most notable thing that happened on board the ship, so I think its in the right place for now.  Hermione mutiny redirects here, however, I don't remember if other authors have a special name for the mutiny - it wasn't particularly famous so it doesn't really have a name like Nore, Spithead, or Bounty. Hugh Pigot also has a section with a similar mutiny story which might be better off it was summarized and redirected here.  A section like Mutiny#Royal Navy (there's one for Mutiny#United Kingdom) or an article like History of mutiny in the Royal Navy might be nice - there's probably enough sources in print about all the mutinies in the 18th century RN - most were suppressed quickly by the officers and marines, usually the perpetrators were summarily executed and every sailor who contemplated mutiny knew that their chance of success were low and they would be hung, without trial, if they were caught. Kirk (talk) 14:50, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
Their are plenty of sources for a mutiny article (though are mostly focused on the later part of the 18th century). Jonathan Neal's book and PHD dissertation are thorough, though his conclusions about the general relationships between sailors and officers and about the extent of abusive discipline are doubtful. N.A.M. Rodgers spends some time on mutinies in Command of the Ocean and Wooden World, and their are plenty of sources that focus almost exclusively on the Spithead and More mutinies, and the Bounty Mutiny has a fair amount of discussion as well. I have access to almost all of these, so would be able to help with such an article, but someone else needs to take the lead on it methinks,  Sadads (talk) 16:28, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:HMS Hermione (1782)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: Thurgate (talk) 00:28, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

GA review (see here for criteria)
It is reasonably well written.
prose:   (MoS): 

It is factually accurate and verifiable.

It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects):  b (focused): 

It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias: 

It is stable.
No edit wars etc.: 

It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales):  b (appropriate use with suitable captions): 

Overall:
Pass/Fail: 


### Comments
1.  undergo a great repair. Suggest -  undergo a repair. 
2.  Under Pigot Hermione. Suggest -  Under Pigot, Hermione
3. cutlasses - Suggest - a link for this. 
4.  probably while he was still alive. Suggest - you remove this.
5.  just 18. Suggest - just 18 men.
6. Suggest for all of the money you add a note saying how much it would be in today's money according to inflation.
7. All of the references need to be in alphabetical order.  
I've put the article on hold for seven days to allow you to address the issues I've brought up. Feel free to contact me on my talk page, or here with any concerns. Thurgate (talk) 15:22, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

All changes made.  Thanks for the review!  Kirk (talk) 16:24, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
Nice work, Kirk. Passed. Thurgate (talk) 16:37, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
A little late, I guess, but there is a difference between a repair and a great repair. A great repair is basically a gut job on the ship, rebuilding it from the ground up while salvaging any usable timbers, while a repair is just fixing things that need to be fixed. Marjaliisa (talk) 04:10, 16 June 2015 (UTC)


### Note on "In today's terms"
Might I suggest for point 6, that you use the wikicode: £16,100 as of 2025.
That's what I did.
4. Pope's book the Black Ship writes that "he was still alive" and cites witnesses and defendents in the later trials as evidence for this. (I think)

I deleted it - I think its better for WP:Summary to leave it out plus the facts are a little fuzzy here. Might be worthy of a note; I'll think about it.
Thanks,Corneredmouse (talk) 16:09, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

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This discussion is transcluded from Talk:HMS Hermione (1782)/GA2. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the reassessment.
Frankly, this 2011 promotion does not meet the standards ship articles at the GA-level are held to these days.  There's significant uncited text, which I've marked with CN tags, as well as the entire "In popular culture" section lacks citations, as do all of the footnotes.  The lead in incredibly insufficient (3 sentences for an article with 14kb readable prose!), and there is significant important information missing from the prose body of the article.  The date the ship was laid down doesn't appear in the prose.  The basic characteristics of the ship aren't described.  In fact, we aren't even told what class this ship was from.  Will be notifying the Military History and Ships WikiProjects, as well as Kirk!, who was involved in the promotion and is still semi-active. Hog Farm  Bacon 20:53, 12 October 2020 (UTC)


### Task list?
Thanks for your help improving this article! As far as the uncited text goes, I do not think that would be difficult to remedy. The other tasks are relatively straight forward (more lead prose, additional infobox facts)
I can take a stab at this, also it would be better to aim for A if we're spending significant time on this article? Kirk (talk) 14:28, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
@Kirk!: - I can take a quick look to see how close to A-Class it is after the GA issues are addressed.  I think once the lead and the uncited text gets resolves, it'll look a lot better. Hog Farm  Bacon 14:31, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
@Hog Farm: Is there anything outstanding? Woody (talk) 10:59, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
@Woody: - The last paragraph to the end of British service section ends with a note, but no citation.  Get a citation there, and it'll be good and the GAR will be closed. Hog Farm  Bacon 15:06, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for the review and the reply. The citation for that sentence was in the note itself. I'm not quite sure what we do in that case so I've copied it to the end of the sentence as well just to be sure. Woody (talk) 15:17, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
Ought to be good now.  For A-Class, I'd recommend the dimensions and stuff get added as a prose paragraph.  Not sure how to close this, so if any of y'all know how to close this, feel free to do so. Hog Farm  Bacon 15:37, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
 Done Woody (talk) 15:57, 19 October 2020 (UTC)


#### Significant important information
@Hog Farm: I fiddled with it a bit. However, no idea when she was laid down or any way to update the characteristics. The books I had around the corner from my desk are not available online so we might be stuck for now... Kirk (talk) 15:28, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
Hmmm.  If you have an idea what page numbers you need, you can try WP:RSX.  I'd like to see this get back to GA-status, and it's getting a good deal closer.  You can also try WT:MILHIST and WT:SHIPS to see if anyone else has any copies, as well. Hog Farm  Bacon 15:33, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
L/B/D: 129' x 35.4' x 15.3', 717 bm, Teast, Tombs & co. Bristol 1782 -> Paine, L. P. (2000). Warships of the World to 1900. United States: HMH Books p.73
Colledge has 716 bm, 129x35ft Teast & Tombs Bristol 9.9.1782 p.162(? the ebook says 700 something)  I'll cram that in later today.
David Lyons' The Sailing Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy - Built, Purchased and Captured 1688-1860 (Conway 1993) may well have useful data. Davidships (talk) 10:30, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
I found a different Winfield (2008) edition online which has the class details, incl. the date laid down. Kirk (talk) 21:59, 19 October 2020 (UTC)