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The result was: promoted by Carabinieri ( talk) 19:23, 17 February 2013 (UTC).

Russian ship of the line Oryol (1854)

• ... that the Russian ship of the line Oryol was laid down in 1851 as a sailing ship of the line, but was lengthened and fitted with a steam engine while still on the stocks?

• Reviewed: Tony Mitchell (basketball, born 1992)

Created by Sturmvogel 66 ( talk). Self nominated at 04:40, 17 February 2013 (UTC).

Meets all criteria for article and hook. However, I'm not sure about the redlink in the article and the only one reference. Just to know if there is no source available at the internet? CeeGee 07:40, 17 February 2013 (UTC)