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Talk:HMS Trinidad (46)

message: Moved personal account here from main article space.
This text is George Lloyd 's account of what happened in the Transmitting Station of HMS Trinidad following the torpedo strike on the 29th March 1942:
Royal Marine Bandsman George Lloyd wrote this account as he was the last to leave the Transmitting Station after the torpedo strike,  and kept vivid memories of what took place. 
There were twenty one men in the transmitting station. Seventeen died. Lloyd  was stationed close to the ladder working the switchboard; this ladder was the only way of getting in or out. 
The explosion caused by the torpedo that struck the ship broke communications between the computer stations and the turrets. Warrant officer Gould (who was in charge) shouted to Lloyd  to try to telephone the bridge but the lines were dead. Gould then ordered a sailor to go to the bridge and report their  condition.
By this time oil had started to come through the hatch. Lloyd  moved a few yards to the other side of the main room to get away from it.  As the oil became a strong cascade, Gould shouted "Shut the hatch". No one moved. Everyone seemed to be completely paralysed and stayed glued to his position.  Again Gould shouted "Shut the hatch!"  The oil was now up to their  groins. Thomas Barber (Lou), their  solo cornet, went to the ladder and tried to climb. Lou was knocked backwards off the ladder by the force of the oil; he tried again; Lloyd went after him and pushed; Barber took the worst of the oil and swallowed a lot. (Later, he had to have ribs cut out to get rid of the oil in his lungs.)
Lloyd was some way up the first ladder when he lost consciousness and remembered nothing until he crawled out of the hatch two decks up. Somebody tried to get out after him,  but the hatch fell on him and broke his back, so George Lloyd was the last man out of the Transmitting Station.
When he regained consciousness he was trying to haul himself out of the second hatch; Lou Barber had disappeared. He lay on the deck totally exhausted and unable to move. Then he crawled across the mess deck and up iron stairs to an upper deck where he lay down again. While he was there he  heard a sailor from the deck below shouting "Anybody below, anybody below?"  He had no strength to reply.  Later another sailor passed by and told him to go to the Bake House and there he found Lou Barber, Corporal Palmer and some others. 
Note:  The original of the above text is a typescript dated 11th April 1992  bearing George Lloyd ’s signature, and sent to William Lloyd .
Benea 23:58, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:HMS Volcano (1804)

message: How do we move this article to HMS Heron (1804)? She was not Volcano until 1810 and therefore it is completely inappropriate to name her HMS Volcano (1804). Calling her HMS Volcano (1804) confuses her with HMS Volcano (1797), which was operating between 1797 and 1810. Acad Ronin (talk) 04:47, 23 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: HMS ''Heron''
Talk:Anne-Marie Alonzo

message: Adding info- good sources to use: Pushing the Limits: Disabled Dykes Produce Culture, Women by Women: The Treatment of Female Characters by Women Writers of Fiction in Quebec Since 1980, Voices in the Desert: An Anthology of Arabic-Canadian Women Writers Pages 129-130, and Voices of Exile in Contemporary Canadian Francophone Literature Page 27 especiallyMiffedmess (talk) 19:42, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:HMS Discovery (1789)

message: In the main body of the article it suggests the ship was used as a hospital ship and then a convict ship. She was actually used as a "Prison Hulk" notably different in that convict ships were seaworthy while prison hulks were not.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rockerdudeman (talk • contribs) 21:22, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  A Convict ship is not the same as a prison hulk
Talk:HMS Renown (1798)

message: About the Hornblower paragraph. The captain was not killed by the fall down the hatch. He was killed by escaping Spanish prisoners as they attacked the Renown's crew. A minor detail, but worth noting.
Just a thought, but is it confusing to talk about a fictitious ship along with  the historical one? Should we perhaps create a sub-category 'Hornblower's Ships' under Category:Hornblower novels (not all that difficult to do), move the information and and put a link to it here?Cenedi 09:10, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hornblower 

message: My ancestor was the cook on the Renown - John Penicud  Born 1772 - Died 1839.
Does anyone have any information on him. 76.64.107.111 (talk) 20:18, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  HMS Renown  Crew.
Talk:HMS Prince of Wales (1860)

message: The Daily mail article (p. 10) has some differences about her history:
:On Feb 15 1915 it was sold to the "well known breakers of battleships, Messrs, Hughes, Bolckow, and Co. (Limited), of Blyth ... from 1859 to 1905 she served continuously as a training ship for naval cadets ... Built in 1820 as a line-of-battleship the Britannia saw service in the Crimean War, when as flagship of Admiral Dundas she took part in the bombardment of Sebastopol on October 17, 1854 ... until the necessary alterations were made, in 1858, to fit for her new duties as a training ship" Daily mail article (p. 10)
Did the Daily Mail confuse two ships the HMS Britannia (1820) and HMS Prince of Wales (1860)? -- Esemono (talk) 23:26, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: 1915 Daily Mail article differences

message: speed ... 12.569 knots (23.293 km/h) Stokes Bay trials 31 Oct 1860
There is no way that at the time, both measurement of distance and measurement of time would be precise enough to be able to calculate a 5 significant figure value for the speed of the ship 51.9.133.142 (talk) 12:02, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  bad measurements ?
Talk:LR5

message: LR5 is shown in this Article as having been built by James Fisher & Sons. This is incorrect.
 
I suppose that the Navy bought or commissioned James Fisher & Sons to refurbish and modify LR5 into a rescue vehicle, this I do not know.
 
However, what I do know is that originally LR5 it was built in 1977 by Vickers Slingsby (Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire) for Vickers Offshore. Vickers Slingsby was owned by Vickers Offshore.  When Vickers Offshore was taken over by BUE (British Underwater Engineering), Vickers Slingsby became Slingsby Engineering, later Perry-Slingsby and now Forum Subsea Technologies.
 
The LR5 submersible was originally built as a dive support submersible for use in North Sea offshore operations.  It comprised 3 modules:
 
-  Front - the command module for the pilot and operational crew. Constructed from GRP (Glass Reinforced Plastic) capable of taking external pressure.
-  Middle - the dive support module, constructed from steel so as to be able to take differential pressure in either directions.
-  Rear – the machinery module, constructed from GRP.
 
The source of my knowledge is personal.  I joined Vickers Slingsby in 1977 as a debutant engineer while LR5 was being completed.  As part of my training, I participated in LR5's trials at Loch Linnhe and was honoured to be on its first dive.  Prior to retirement I was the First Chief Engineer (Controls) at Aker Solutions AS.
 
Dr Meir Greenfeld Greenme17 (talk) 10:39, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who built LR5
Talk:HMS Nubian (1909)

message: Numerous contemporary news articles report the length as 280 feet, which is rather more than we say in the infobox. - Sitush (talk) 13:47, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Length 

message: According to this, the torpedoes were 21-inch but our article on the Tribal-class says the class all had 18-inch. - Sitush (talk) 14:31, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Torpedoes
Talk:HMS Cressy (1899)

message: This page deals mostly with the 7th Cruiser Squadron and the Action of 22 September 1914, both of which have their own pages now. (in fact I took the text for the summary of the sinkings at 7CS from this page). So I'm  proposing to re-write the service history section so it's principally about Cressy.  Opinions? Xyl 54 (talk) 17:44, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, done. Xyl 54 (talk) 16:00, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  re-write? 

message: Probably more from FN 21 re controversy of scavenging the scrap that can be added. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 03:50, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Pre-FAC feedback

message: I was under the assumption that all Royal Navy ships had a crest. I have tried, without success to locate a badge for HMS Cressy. I think the inclusion of the ships crest, if one exists, would enhance the article and add to the history of the ship. Is anyone aware of the crest applicable to HMS Cressy ? CGStewart (talk) 20:40, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ships crest for HMS Cressy
Talk:HMS Resolution (1892)

message: My grandmothers brother William Pridgeon died at Berenhaven when the ships pinnacle (jolly boat) was hit by a violet squall and capsized, he was a 16 year old boy and one of many not recovered from the sea 31.51.171.137 (talk) 21:04, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Drowning in 1901
Talk:HMS Cornwallis (1901)

message: I'm rewriting the biography of William Cornwallis at the moment and was checking to see if any ships were named after him. I came across this one and it says it was named after his brother Charles. Also it says that the Duncan Class were known informally as the "Admirals". Is it not more likely the ship was named after the Admiral Cornwallis and not the General? I'm not that familiar with this period of history otherwise I'd do the research myself. Thanks in advance, Corneredmouse (talk) 12:15, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: While this is a very old thread, you are correct - according to British Warship Names, the first four ships named Cornwallis were named for Charles, but the 5th one (i.e., this one) was named for William. The confusion was likely a case of a faulty assumption. Parsecboy (talk) 19:22, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Namesake
Talk:HMS Sapphire

message: There also appears to be an HMS Sapphire that sailed during WWII. It was part of the escort of convoy FS33. Ref: http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/fs33.html  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.246.132.26 (talk) 16:41, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Antonio Benítez-Rojo

message: The multi-part Spanish-language surnames are not hyphenated! 
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Ben%C3%ADtez_Rojo 2001:9E8:1894:7D00:7808:B3B0:8C5:13B8 (talk) 22:08, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Benítez Rojo (without hyphen!)
Talk:English ship Dreadnought (1573)

message: I don't see why this rates a separate page.  All the HMS Dreadnaughts prior to the 1906 one could be effectively discussed in the HMS Dreadnought page.Lordjim13 09:48, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

message: The NMM has a different account of her dimensions to the one already in the article; any views? NMM pdf The Land (talk) 14:48, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dimensions
Talk:Ardyth Kennelly

message: Aunt Ardyth was my best special person to me - always alive in my heart.  She gave me the Love i was hungry for when i was in 20ties.
She was always alive in my heart - today (July 31 2007) i searched for her name in Internet Search and found that she was gone in 2005.  i know she lived in Vacouver near her sister.  Tears are in my eyes in recollecting her and remembering her and appreciating her - i loved her greatly.  She is an individual of highest repect and appreciation - i saw her artistic works in her Apartment in Portalnd (how i loved to come to her, most enchanting place i ever have been) and she wrote to me special most encouraing letters that i still keep.
---
Aunt Ardyth, i love you - i trust that you are in heaven writing wonderful stories.
thank you for your love for me.
youn-su.
Please whoever wrote this wonderful article contact Ardyth's family.  I am the neice of Ardyth Kennelly and my mother, age 91, Ardyth's sister is also still alive.  My Mother would like to talk with you and fill in the gaps about Ardyth's life and her works.  She has other books never published.  My e-mail address is: <see page history> Phone number is: <see page history>  Thanks!  Please do not remove this unless you contact the author. 
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ardyth morehouse (talk • contribs) .</small>
: I see you're new to Wikipedia. Please feel free to edit this article yourself, adding any information you feel is useful. The article does not have a single author, as with most articles on Wikipedia, the article has been created and improved upon by various authors. Let me know if you need any further assistance. Somnabot 15:36, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  To The Writers of This Article
Talk:Beory

message: It seems pretty obvious to me that Weather should be counted as one of Beory's domain for those who use Complete Divine. I would like to suggest that every DM do that. However, since Beory is not listed in Complete Divine, it is not canon and thus I'm not including it on the page. --Maggu 12:34, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Domains
Talk:HMS Raleigh (1919)

message: If this ship was "destroyed with explosives in September 1926", how can a reference called "British Cruisers of World War Two" be used? RASAM (talk) 16:13, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: The reference looks to be used to support material about the Hawkins-class ships, some of which served in WWII. Zawed (talk) 23:51, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reference
Talk:HMS Ardent (H41)

message: There is a thorough description of Ardent's last battle here, although the quality of English is poor. Ardent engaged Scharnhorst at least seven times with torpedo attacks, acheived one gunfire hit, and seems to have put up a good show, although it was to no avail. -Ashley Pomeroy 19:21, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:HMS Boscawen (1844)

message: I've seen Wellseley described as 74-gun, launched 1815, sunk by German aircraft at dockside 1941, thus being last wooden ship of the line sunk by enemy action.  Arthur Wellseley 12:48, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That was . Martocticvs (talk) 00:41, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Look, [[Richard Sharpe (fictional character)|Sharpe]]
Talk:HMS Kingfisher (1879)

message: Some sources (e.g. Dittmar and Colledge p322 and at least two editions of the Navy List (i.e. March 1913 p418  and February 1919 p1105 )  give the name of the ship as Cruiser, not Cruizer. Are they referring to the same ship? Should this be mentioned?Nigel Ish (talk) 16:37, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Cruizer and Cruiser were interchangeable (see HMS Cruizer, or indeed, HMS Cruizer) - just like realise/realize in British English today. Shem (talk) 17:34, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll add a note (i.e. Sometimes written Cruiser).Nigel Ish (talk) 17:39, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cruizer or Cruiser?
Talk:Anchusa-class sloop

message: I have moved the references to the Andromeda, Hibiscus, Lychnis, Montbretia and Polyanthus - all of which were incorrectly included in the list of Anchusa class sloops - to their correct place in the article on Aubrietia class sloops. Rif Winfield 09:42, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

message: Is an image available of the class as originally built.  The currently used one of HMS President (also used on Q-ship), does not look much like a merchant ship.Davidships (talk) 14:20, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image
Talk:HMS President (1918)

message: As this ship was originally named HMS Saxifrage when built in 1918, and was not renamed President until July 1922, the article's title should read HMS President (1922). Rif Winfield 10:07, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Some sources say 1921 for the rename , but agreeing that the hull launched in 1918 seems a reasonable compromise. GraemeLeggett 13:36, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: Anchusa or Flower? --BeckenhamBear (talk) 21:55, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Class
Talk:Flaxweiler

message: Per the outcome at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of mayors of Flaxweiler, I have merged the list of mayors into the article. The closer indicated there was unclear consensus between merge and delete, and that after the merge is complete, discussion can resume here, and the list can be kept or removed via normal WP:BRD editing and discussion. I offer no opinion. Monty845 05:06, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge of Mayor List
Talk:HMS Trincomalee

message: There is one mention of the Trincomalee in BCGNIS.  Here it is, re its then-captain Wallace Houston.Skookum1 (talk) 15:00, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Item from BC/PacNW

message: Is this the same that HMS Trincomalee took part in the Siege of Petropavlovsk in 1854? -- Petri Krohn (talk) 04:02, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Siege of Petropavlovsk? 

message: Dear sir/madam, 
  
I am just writing to inform you of some little mistake's on the article the compliment on the ship (crew) was 240 men not 315 these consisted of captain, royal marine's, officer's and your sailor's etc. also the Trincomalee had a defaced ensign the one you show isn't the correct flag for the ship is in this link: http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gb~trin.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.130.58.233 (talk) 13:30, 28 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  HMS TRINCOMALEE 

message: 82 passed between when she was launched and when she was sold for scrap.  Most ships of her period had lives of 30 years or less.  Was there a reason why she repeatedly escaped being scrapped? --Badger151 (talk) 02:08, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Just a guess but the answer might be she's teak, oak is good but possibly not that good...? 86.148.15.235 (talk) 12:59, 23 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why did she have such a long service life?
Talk:HMS Gladiator

message: OK I'm not going to argue over this but if this is a dab page (as it suggests it is) it should be governed by MOS:DAB because this is not an article. If however it is a list then it is not. Could the category be changed to reflect this I wonder? Abtract (talk) 02:03, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Shipdab was set up as an alternative to general dab pages, combining features of a dab page with that of a list.  This is why it has the specific template, and does not carry the general dab one.  I don't recall this being a categorisation problem before, and there are thousands of such pages. But this is a case where common sense has ruled out the general application of MOS:DAB requirements, and specific guidelines have duly been written especially for these pages. If you hadn't come across them before then you weren't to know. Benea (talk) 03:43, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Artūras Barysas

message: I removed the movie Amidst 8 Winds from the filmography since it was incorrectly attributed. It is originally by Arvydas Barysas. Yes, the names sound very similar.
--Shvytejimas (talk) 19:16, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:HMS Unicorn (1824)

message: The article is in :Category:Reportedly haunted locations in Scotland, but makes no reference to any ghosts or other paranormal activity associated with Unicorn, so I am wondering if it should be taken out of the category.Dunarc (talk) 15:24, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I have now removed the article from this category. Currently there is nothing in the article which would justify its inclusion in it given that, as I noted previously, is no mention of hauntings or paranormal activity. If anybody has evidence that there have been reports of hauntings or ghost sightings, and adds such information to the article with citations, then inclusion in the category should of course be revisited. Dunarc (talk) 20:28, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Categories 

message: I was a Volunteer Museum Attendant/Maintenance Joiner, and Relief Ship-Keeper on the Frigate Unicorn, Dundee. - 09/95 - 02/96. There was talk of masting her, but funding wasn't available; in my opinion this would've been a mockery, as a historicaly roofed ship it is much more interesting, and unusual. Due to the relatively uncluttered nature, I was able to show interested parties construction techniques used throughout the ships service, from a bulkhead that had visible pit saw marks, to later circular saw, and finally band saw. Remnants of spark prevention copper sheathing were visible in the powder rooms Iandeare (talk) 16:45, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Frigate Unicorn, Dundee, Scotland. I was a Volunteer Museum Attendant/Maintenance Joiner, and Relief Ship-Keeper on the Frigate Unicorn, Dundee. - 09/95 - 02/96. There was talk of masting her, but funding wasn't available; in my opinion this would've been a mockery, as a historicaly roofed ship it is much more interesting, and unusual. 

message: The claim from the Evening Telegraph that the Unicorn is the "last intact warship" from the Age of Sail would seem to be wrong: the USS Constitution is also intact, and for that matter 27 years older. Is there some additional distinction in play? Mackensen (talk) 12:00, 22 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Last intact warship
Talk:Asher Peres

message: The text book isn't "referenced below"? Please give a reference in text to proper references (below) and link to a more informative web page than SpringerLink! Aarghdvaark (talk) 08:45, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discussion
Talk:Audrey Callaghan

message: Since she's best known as the PM's wife, before he was enobled, Audrey Callaghan would IMHO be the best location for this article. Unless there are objections I'll move the page after 72 hours. Timrollpickering 14:53, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I object. The MoS advices that peerage titles should be used unless the person is always known without them. Audrey Callaghan is not widely known, and therefore her name and title should be used. --UpDown 15:23, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: As a way forward, please see Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (names and titles)#Naming conventions for wives of peers for discussion that could lead to this article being renamed. Timrollpickering 19:29, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article location 

message: The box says she was 89 when she died, but she was surely 91? BONNUIT (talk) 17:08, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Age
Talk:Augusto Roa Bastos

message: I am glad to report that this article nomination for good article status has been promoted. This is how the article, as of April 12, 2008, compares against the  six good article criteria:
:1. Well written?: Pass
:2. Factually accurate?: Pass
:3. Broad in coverage?: Pass
:4. Neutral point of view?: Pass
:5. Article stability? Pass
:6. Images?: Pass
Thank you to everyone who worked on addressing my above comments and improving this article.  Thanks as well to the folks at WP:MMM, for getting us all motivated on this topic and making it happen.  I suggest that the next step would be to take this article through the Peer Review process after some more copy-editing, and notify the talkpages of relevant WikiProjects, WP:MMM, WP:SOUTHAM, WP:BIOGRAPHY, and WP:LIT, when the peer review is started.  
If you feel that this review is in error, feel free to take it to Good article reassessment. Thank you to all of the editors who worked hard to bring it to this status, and congratulations.</div>— Cirt (talk) 10:56, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Cirt, many thanks for this, and for your own work and input in reviewing and giving advice!  --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 10:59, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You are most welcome.  This article is well on its way down the path towards WP:FA, but I'd really solicit input from all those various WikiProjects at the peer review.  Cirt (talk) 11:06, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Successful [[Wikipedia:Good articles|good article]] nomination