Talk:Exercise Spring Train

A fact from Exercise Spring Train appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 November 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that two of the British Type 42 destroyers from the 1982 Exercise Spring Train would be sunk later that year in the Falklands War? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2020/November. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Exercise Spring Train.

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:35, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

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HMS Sheffield in 1982

• ... that seven of the British warships that participated in the Falklands War were sent straight from Exercise Spring Train? "Woodward received instructions from England that Operation Corporate was now in progress and he should prepare seven of the Springtrain ships for a covert voyage south." from: Middlebrook, Martin. The Falklands War. Casemate Publishers. p. 87. ISBN 978-1-78159-763-7.
  • ALT1:... that seven of the British warships that participated in the Falklands War were sent straight from a military training exercise? Source per above
  • ALT2:.. that two of the British Type 42 destroyers that participated in the 1982 Exercise Spring Train would be sunk later that year in the Falklands War, including HMS Sheffield (pictured)? "from Springtrain were the ... more modern Type 42 destroyers Coventry, Glasgow and Sheffield" from: Middlebrook, Martin. The Falklands War. Casemate Publishers. p. 87. ISBN 978-1-78159-763-7. and "The loss of HMS Sheffield followed by the losses in Falkland Sound of the frigates Ardent and Antelope and the destroyer Coventry" from: Preston, Antony. Sea combat off the Falklands. Willow Books. p. 107.

• • ALT3:.. that two of the British Type 42 destroyers from the 1982 Exercise Spring Train would be sunk later that year in the Falklands War, including HMS Sheffield (pictured)?
    Source: as for ALT2

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Samuel Corson
• Comment: If the picture is not chosen then delete the "including HMS Sheffield" from the end of ALT2

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 06:42, 13 October 2020 (UTC).

• Article created 11 October, is long enough, well-cited, and neutral, and Earwig finds only short unavoidable phrases. All hooks are cited and interesting. Image is suitably licensed, QPQ done. Although it’s a little cumbersome, my choice would be Alt2. To make it punchier, we could perhaps change “that participated in” to simply “from”? Ready to go. Moonraker (talk) 00:42, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Moonraker, no objections from me for your proposed rewording - Dumelow (talk) 05:47, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

Okay, I have added that as ALT3. Moonraker (talk) 06:16, 14 October 2020 (UTC)