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Latest comment: 11 years ago3 comments3 people in discussion
Article has been assessed for B-class. The only comment I can offer is that a little more context or clarification may be required as to the transfer to the Soviets...why were the British giving the Soviets a battleship, and how this related to Italian war repatriations (to which party)? -- saberwyn23:29, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
Essentially, the British wanted to court Italy as a post-war ally, and to do so, they wanted to prevent overly harsh reparations from Italy to the Soviets. I saw this while trawling through google books - I'll have to see if I can track it back down so I can clarify the transfer issue. Parsecboy (talk) 15:53, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
This statement may be of some interest; it's the official line as of June 1945 as to why the Italian ships were retained. (Two main reasons: the Italian Navy was favourable to the Allies and these ships were already in service alongside Allied troops; and the ships were built for warm-water service, so were less useful for Soviet purposes). Andrew Gray (talk) 23:24, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
GA Review
Latest comment: 12 years ago4 comments2 people in discussion
1. with its maximum thickness between 'A' and 'Y' barbettes - did you forget to put in how thick the amour was?
2. tasked with meeting Allied convoys in the Arctic Ocean and escort them into Kola - Suggest escorting them into Kola
I've put the article on hold for seven days to allow you to address the issues I've brought up. Feel free to contact me on my talk page, or here with any concerns. Thurgate (talk) 12:36, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
1. No, it's saying that the diagonal armored bulkheads started where the maximum thickness of the belt stopped, and ran to the turrets on either end of the ship.
Latest comment: 8 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion
The RN inspectors judged that the turrets hadn't been rotated while used by the Soviets, yet we have a picture of it in Soviet use with one of its turrets turned? Widgetdog (talk) 06:13, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
The photo is captioned as having been taken no later than 30 May 1944, the date the ship was formally transferred. Presumably that turret returned to the centerline and was not moved thereafter. Parsecboy (talk) 10:51, 1 March 2016 (UTC)