Talk:HMS Illustrious (87)

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1 British vs. US carriers
2 Requested move
- 2.1 Survey
- 2.2 Discussion

[edit] British vs. US carriers

The implication that this class of carriers was comparatively poorly armored is misleading.

The armored flight deck of the British carriers was apparently a significant advance over the wooden decks used by (at least some) US carriers. To Arthur Herman in "Rule the Waves: how the British Navy Shaped the Modern World" (p.547) reports that during the Battle of Okinawa the British carriers have proven to be much more resilient to kamikaze attacks than their US counterparts. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cdamama (talk • contribs) 07:20, 15 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Requested move

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

HMS Illustrious (R87) → HMS Illustrious 87 — The pennant number R87 was held by the W and Z class destroyer HMS Whirlwind, like contemporary British capital ships, Illustrious was not allocated a Flag Superior. She may have been allocated one post war (which I doubt), but her post-war career is a mere sideline compared to her wartime service. Emoscopes ^Talk 15:11, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Survey

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Support, as nominator above. Emoscopes ^Talk 18:43, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Discussion

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This article has been renamed from HMS Illustrious (R87) to HMS Illustrious (87) as the result of a move request. I have assumed the omission of the brackets was an error, in line with the other articles in the same categories. --Stemonitis 07:39, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, well spotted, my bad. Don't know how I missed that, I'm usually so fastidious about these things. Emoscopes ^Talk 23:03, 16 April 2007 (UTC)