Talk:HMS Regulus (1785)

HMS Regulus (1785) is currently a Warfare good article nominee. Nominated by Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) at 22:10, 26 September 2024 (UTC) An editor has indicated a willingness to review the article in accordance with the good article criteria. Further reviews are welcome from any editor who has not contributed significantly to this article (or nominated it), and can be added to the review page, but the decision whether or not to list the article as a good article should be left to the first reviewer. Short description: Fifth-rate of the Royal Navy

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Nominator: Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk · contribs) 22:10, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Zawed (talk · contribs) 08:16, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I will review, comments to follow in due course. Zawed (talk) 08:16, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Lead

• ...taking soldiers to the Hanover Expedition in 1805.: the "to" implies a place/destination, which "Hannover Expedition" isn't.
• When the wars ended...: suggest rewording due to potential confusion between War of 1812 and Napoleonic Wars.

Design

• Regulus was a 44-gun, 18-pounder Roebuck-class ship.: Because you mention 1769 in the next sentence I wonder for a bit of additional context you should say something like ...Roebuck-class ship that was completed in 1785.
• From 1751 to 1776 only two ships of this type...: should that be From 1769 to...? This is referring to the design of 1769 isn't it?

Construction

• Inconsistency between text and infobox regarding the number of guns on the upper deck in 1793.

English Channel

• No issues spotted

Jamaica Station

• The vessels captured were a ship, brig, and armed schooner.: it seems odd that a ship was captured...anyhoo, shouldn't be "a brig, and an armed schooner"?

More to come. Zawed (talk) 09:18, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]