Template:Did you know nominations/Kongō-class ironclad
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The result was: promoted by PFHLai (talk) 07:28, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
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Kongō-class ironclad[edit]
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- ... that the two Kongō-class ironclads (pictured) built in Britain had to be sailed to Japan in 1878 by hired crews as the Imperial Japanese Navy lacked the necessary experience?
- Reviewed: Malin Diaz
Created by Sturmvogel 66 (talk). Self nominated at 16:17, 15 September 2013 (UTC).
Another excellent article by Sturmvogel. It is long enough and new enough, the hook fact is cited to an off-line source and the image is in the public domain. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:16, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
