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Would it be helpful for readers if an explanation of the name were given in the article? To name a ship Curacoa "after the place named Curaçao" seems surprising. I am not disputing the fact, merely suggesting that a simple explanation would be helpful Afterbrunel ( talk) 07:13, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
Mkdw, I think you've missed the point. I came here to ask the same question. It's not about the 'Ç', it's about the apparent typo between naming something "...coa" after something that's called "...cao". -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 13:46, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
What is a "violation" when discussing ships?
216.239.66.33 ( talk) 01:04, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
The article says that there were "eight crewmen" killed on 24th April 1940. I don't have access to the source used here, so can't check exactly what it says, but I think this might be an undercount.
The first of these is an outlier, but the others seem to converge on 44/45. The casualty list (#3) and CWGC database (#4) differ a little on whether some deaths were on the 24th or 25th, but otherwise seem to agree; the one extra on the casualty list is an FAA airman, missing presumed killed, who CWGC thinks was assigned to HMS Edinburgh but agrees died on 24th April. That ship was in refit at the time, so maybe he had been transferred, or given that he's at the end of the list it may have got tacked on by accident and the number should indeed be 44. Definitely suggests more than eight, either way!
The note about all eight being buried in Veblungsnes may also be off a bit; CWGC records only one Curacoa burial there. There are two additional unknown burials, but both are noted as unknown soldiers not sailors. All the others who died on 24th/25th are noted as commemorated on memorials. Andrew Gray ( talk) 17:42, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
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Would it be helpful for readers if an explanation of the name were given in the article? To name a ship Curacoa "after the place named Curaçao" seems surprising. I am not disputing the fact, merely suggesting that a simple explanation would be helpful Afterbrunel ( talk) 07:13, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
Mkdw, I think you've missed the point. I came here to ask the same question. It's not about the 'Ç', it's about the apparent typo between naming something "...coa" after something that's called "...cao". -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 13:46, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
What is a "violation" when discussing ships?
216.239.66.33 ( talk) 01:04, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
The article says that there were "eight crewmen" killed on 24th April 1940. I don't have access to the source used here, so can't check exactly what it says, but I think this might be an undercount.
The first of these is an outlier, but the others seem to converge on 44/45. The casualty list (#3) and CWGC database (#4) differ a little on whether some deaths were on the 24th or 25th, but otherwise seem to agree; the one extra on the casualty list is an FAA airman, missing presumed killed, who CWGC thinks was assigned to HMS Edinburgh but agrees died on 24th April. That ship was in refit at the time, so maybe he had been transferred, or given that he's at the end of the list it may have got tacked on by accident and the number should indeed be 44. Definitely suggests more than eight, either way!
The note about all eight being buried in Veblungsnes may also be off a bit; CWGC records only one Curacoa burial there. There are two additional unknown burials, but both are noted as unknown soldiers not sailors. All the others who died on 24th/25th are noted as commemorated on memorials. Andrew Gray ( talk) 17:42, 7 July 2021 (UTC)