- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Launchballer talk 16:26, 17 June 2025 (UTC)
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Hirano Maru
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Hirano Maru during the First World War
- ... that 291 people were killed in the sinking of the Hirano Maru by a German submarine less than six weeks before the end of the First World War?
- Source: "Of the 320 souls on board, only 29 survived" from: "Hirano Maru". Coflein. British Government. Retrieved 24 November 2024. and "on October 4, the Japanese liner Hirano Maru was struck by a torpedo and rapidly sank; the rescue work of the United States destroyer Sterett was impeded by the U-boat" from: Gibson, R. H.; Prendergast, Maurice (November 2002). The German Submarine War 1914-1918. Periscope Publishing Ltd. p. 322. ISBN 978-1-904381-08-2.
- ALT1: ... that the Hirano Maru was sunk with the loss of 291 lives, just 16 days before the First World War German U-boat campaign ended? Source: As above and: "on 20 October Admiral Scheer ordered the recall of the U-boats still at sea, formally abandoning the campaign" from: Partridge, Colin; Lambert, Andrew; Préneuf, Jean de (2024). The Channel Islands in Anglo-French Relations, 1689-1918. Boydell & Brewer. p. 240. ISBN 978-1-78327-655-4.
- ALT2: ... that the Japanese passenger ship Hirano Maru sank within 7 minutes of being struck by a German torpedo off Wales in 1918, with the loss of 291 lives? Source: As above and: "she sank in seven minutes, going down so quickly that her few undamaged lifeboats could not be launched" from: "Japan & Pembrokeshire – the HIRANO MARU". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ambo Sooloh Template:Did you know nominations/Julia Hoggett
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 919 past nominations.
Dumelow (talk) 15:13, 23 May 2025 (UTC).
New enough (moved to mainspace May 23) and long enough. Hook is definitely interesting and is inline cited to WP:RS, specifically a book by Robert Gibson (who probably merits his own WP article). Image is tagged public domain and, appears to be, correctly so. Two QPQs are done. Earwig returns a 4.8% of on a copyvio check, indicating violation unlikely. I only checked the primary hook as that seems the best of the triumvirate. Looks good! Chetsford (talk) 19:28, 25 May 2025 (UTC)
