Template:Did you know nominations/Helmover torpedo

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 12:52, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

Helmover torpedo

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• ... that a model prototype of the Helmover torpedo went out of control while under test and holed a motor launch?

• Source: [1]

• ALT1: ... that the Helmover torpedo was powered by an internal combustion engine and needed a tank of high-pressure air to supply it while under water? Source: [2] page 135
• ALT2: ... that the Helmover torpedo was built using some scrapped parts from unserviceable Merlin aero engines?

Source: Lloyd, Ian (1978). Rolls-Royce: The Merlin at War. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 93. ISBN 9780333240168. […] employ[ed] Merlin scrap

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Kailash Puri

Created by AntientNestor (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.

AntientNestor (talk) 11:44, 13 February 2025 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: LGTM, hook is interesting and properly cited. QPQ is done as indicated. Nice work. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 10:38, 7 March 2025 (UTC)