Talk:Fort Duvernette

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The result was: promoted by Dclemens1971 talk 03:13, 12 October 2025 (UTC)

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Fort Duvernette (left)

• ... that a student died while trying to reach Fort Duvernette when it was closed for safety reasons?

• Source: "Effective Monday, August 15, 2022, repairs will be conducted at Fort Duvernette by the St Vincent and the Grenadines National Trust.The public is therefore asked not to enter the site.Persons who enter the site will be doing so at their own risk.The existing conditions are extremely dangerous." from: "Fort Duvernette undergoing repairs, public asked not to visit - Searchlight". Searchlight. 18 August 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2025. and "Tragedy struck on the southern coast of St Vincent on Emancipation Day when a Nigerian medical student drowned in the vicinity of Fort Duvernette ... A release from the police said he reportedly crossed over to Young Island later the same day, and while attempting to return to Fort Duvenette, he encountered problems. ... Persons were advised against visiting Fort Duvernette also known as Rock Fort, after it was closed in 2022 by the National Trust to undergo repairs. The fort has not been officially reopened for the use of the public; however, the area is still visited." from: "Nigerian medical student drowns off Fort Duvernette". Searchlight. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2025.

• • ALT1: ... that Fort Duvernette played a role in saving the survivors of a 1795 Carib attack on a British supply convoy? Source: "The latter post being scantily furnished with provisions, Lieutenant-colonel Ritchie, with three hundred regulars and rangers, was detached to escort the necessary supplies. His division had nearly reached its destination when it fell in with the enemy; a sharp action ensued; victory was on the eve of declaring for the British, when, struck by an unaccountable panic, they suddenly gave way, and fled in all directions, hotly pursued by that foe whom but a moment before they had almost routed... of the remainder of the scattered division, a part took shelter among the guns of Fort Duvernette" from: The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British West Indies: With a Continuation to the Present Time. 1819. p. 29. and "The greatest part of the provisions fell into their hands, and the loss was estimated at about sixty killed and taken prisoners; in all probability the whole detachment would have been cut off, had they not found shelter beneath the guns of Fort Duvernette" from: Shepard, Charles (23 October 2013). An Historical Account of the Island of St Vincent. Routledge. p. 123. ISBN 978-1-136-99038-0.
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Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 946 past nominations.

Dumelow (talk) 18:23, 15 September 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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
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QPQ: Done.

Overall: New enough, long enough, sourced, neutral. QPQ done. Image clear, free and used. Hook cited and interesting, moreso the first than the second. All good. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 10:48, 17 September 2025 (UTC)