User talk:Lorexau

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[edit] Cockatoo Island, New South Wales

Hi Lorexau. I was wondering what was your source was for the change you made to the Cockatoo Island article? The Harbour Trust website says "49 ships were built during World War II, including minesweepers, corvettes, frigates, sloops, freighters, destroyers, and tugs, boom net vessels and Liberty cargo ships." Do you have information to the contrary? - Gobeirne 10:17, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cockatoo Island Dockyard

Hello Greg. Yes I do have an authority for correcting that great load of rubbish that the Harbour Trust Authority is publishing about Codock - the company's own publication "Cockatoo Docks Sydney War Record 1939-1945". I obtained my copy when it was first published in 1947, being then a senior Garden Island apprentice on temporary secondment to Codock for experience on the building of HMAS Tobruk. Some 19 years later I returned to Codock as Hull Overseer on the staff of the Principal Naval Overseer Codock,my stint there including Codock's busiest period since WW2 at which time we had some fourteen ships and support craft either under construction or in refit. Having seen Codock from both ends of the spectrum I freely admit to considerable respect for their achievements which do not need the exaggerated misinformation that the Harbour Trust is peddling and which I am trying (so far unsuccessfully) to correct. That is the greatest load of rubbish (both about Codock and Woolwich) that I have ever read and would advise you to ignore it completely. If you are seriously interested in this subject, feel free to contact me whenever. Lorexau 01:06, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

• Hi Lorexau. Great to have someone with first-hand knowledge of the subject around. I reverted the change you made because there were no references provided, and so your change was indistinguishable from vandalism (other than that you were a logged-in user). I'd suggest you go ahead and make whatever corrections you think are necessary, but that you provide information on your sources. As long as the information is verifiable (such as being printed in the 1947 publication you have) and isn't original research of yours, then you can attempt to right the wrongs of the Trust. I've added the reference to your change in the article - you should probably fill in the rest of the reference when you get a chance. All the best with your endeavors! - Gobeirne 02:44, 18 April 2006 (UTC)