Talk:HMS Duke of York (17)

message: Moved here from main article:I served onboard HMS Duke of York and was acting Yeoman of Signals attending on Admiral Bruce Fraser. The ship did not take part in the invasion of Okinawa and did not carry out any bombardment of Japan.  In fact we never fired an "angry" shot in the Pacific. We led the British element of the combined fleet into Sagami Wan (Tokyo) to accept the surrender of Japan.
Lieutenant Commander Royal Navy (Rwetired) email h3jjr@btinternet.com  Geoff Mason's ship histories do not report Duke of York's presence at Okinawa, or of any bombardment operations. Since this claim is uncited, I'll remove it. Benea (talk) 17:27, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Editorial comment 

message: Seems that there are two different launch dates:</br>
...and launched on 16 September 1939 (article)</br>
...Launched: 28 February 1940 (template)</br>
Сергей Олегович (talk) 06:21, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The infobox has the correct launch date (28 February 1940). I've corrected the date in the text. Benea (talk) 07:44, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: OK. Russian article corrected. Сергей Олегович (talk) 08:36, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Actual launch date

message: Hi, I have done a bit of copy edit work on this article today. I am unable to help with content as I don't have any sources and ships aren't my area of expertise. However, I have the following suggestions for further improvement/expansion of this article that you might like to consider:
* in the Construction section, is there any information on why the ship was built? Was it part of a re-armament program, etc.? This might help provide some context. The date that the ship was ordered could also be included here (currently it is only mentioned in the infobox and lead);
** See how you find the construction section now. Thurgate (talk) 23:00, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: No worries. Happy to help where I can. Some of the project's resident ships experts might be able to offer other suggestions and provide further sources if you contact them. Parsecboy and Sturmvogel 66 (to name just a couple) do a lot of work around similar topics. Cheers, AustralianRupert (talk) 22:34, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Yer, I might ask them for some help. But once again thanks for having a look at the article! Thurgate (talk) 22:51, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

text: Hi, the article is still listed at WP:MHA as needing assessment so, with luck, someone should come along soon and take a look. I can't really assess it, though, as I'm probably too close to it now. In my opinion it would rate a B, but I'm not really knowledgeable about ships, so I might have missed something. Cheers, AustralianRupert (talk) 23:49, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah ok. Well I shall just have to be patient then. Once again thanks for suggesting the changes needed to bring it up to b-class (hopefully). Thurgate (talk) 23:54, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: A few suggestions

message: FYI, Ians Buxton and Johnson will be publishing a 300+ page book devoted to DoY in late May () published by Seaforth in the UK and NIP in the US, looks like it will be a real labour of love - but not cheap!! Le Deluge (talk) 10:20, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Buxton & Johnson book 

message: with those German uboats and desiel Being silent?? 70.27.141.194 (talk) 11:04, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why would they use steam engines