Talk:SS Richard Montgomery
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Grr, making an article from web searches only is hard. There seems to be some confusion over whether it's the USS Richard Montgomery, the SS Richard Montgomery, or just the Richard Montgomery.
Um, anyone know about this stuff? :-) Evercat 21:09 24 Jul 2003 (UTC)
It is SS Richard montgomery. you will find links to lots of useful information, historical, as well as up to date, Including a chart of the area. alongside link to my my film script!
Ron angel The richard montgomery matter http://www.ssrichardmontgomery.com Updated Feb 2008
Note: S.S. should be just S S when searching web otherewise results are limited. there are no dots in ships titles. eg: u.s.s.= U S S
[edit] Edit - POV
I have moved the following content, as it appears to be POV (If Foley did not attend the inquiy, this is presumably not the finding of the inquiry, so the source should be explict)
- However, the ultimate reason for the disaster lies with the harbour master, who was confident that his choice of berth for the ship was safe, despite objections by the assistant harbour master who tried to have it relocated, but was countermanded by his superior. Foley, the assistant, insisted upon a written confirmation of these instructions, which was refused; with this Foley left the office.
- After the disaster, Foley was posted to another department, which prevented his attendance at the inquiry, and so obscured the fact that the ship was incompetently parked by the harbour master, who then refused to consider otherwise.
Viv Hamilton 12:58, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] UK/US spellings
I have changed the spelling of harbour master back to the UK version, as in the context of this article it is referring to a UK job title. Given that the article is about a former US ship lying in UK waters, it is not clear whether US or UK spellings should be used in general, althouh the interest in this wreck is predominantly UK. Viv Hamilton 13:01, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
- You didn't actually chamnge it Viv but I have now. Kevin McE 23:02, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks - slightly flaky computer crashed mid-edit. I also failed to implement the above POV edit, which I have now done Viv Hamilton 08:45, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
