Template:Did you know nominations/Clyde (1871 ship)
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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 02:23, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
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Clyde (1871 ship)
- ... that the steamship Clyde was wrecked in 1879 while carrying more than 500 replacements for the British 24th Regiment, which had suffered heavy losses at the Battle of Isandlwana? Source: "The ship was carrying 541 officers and men as drafts for the 1st Battalion, 24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment, to replace the battalion’s losses at Isandlwana in the Anglo-Zulu War, when it was shipwrecked on 3 April 1879 on Dyer Island" from:
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 07:44, 12 January 2022 (UTC).
New article that was moved to mainspace on 11 January 2022 is 3,748 characters and nominated on the same day. No copyvios detected and duplication detector of online sources[1] reveal no close paraphrasing issues (AGF sources which can't go through Dup detector). Article is well-sourced. Hook is 178 characters long (under 200 character max.) and is interesting. Ref 1 (verifying the hook) is a reliable source. QPQ done. Looks good to go! —Bloom6132 (talk) 10:26, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
