Talk:Cape Race

Time issues regarding Titanic

The call Evans sent to Phillips came through at 22:30, and the Titanic struck an iceberg at 23:40, yet in the History section of this article it says that the Titanic struck the iceberg only 15 minutes after receiving the message from Evans (to which the famous 'working Cape Race' response was given). In other words, it would appear that the Titanic struck an iceberg an hour and 10 minutes after receiving the message, not 15. However, there's the possibility that the time given in the Iceberg Warnings section of the Sinking of the RMS Titanic article (22:30) is a mis-typed one, since later, in the Departure of the lifeboats section, it is given as 23:30, or 10 minutes before the collision and much closer to the time given herein. I believe this warrants investigation by Wikipedia editors far more experienced than myself so that a consensus may be reached as to which articles need what fixes -- as it stands, I see a maximum of three sections across two articles that would be affected, but that's not a definite amount. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Crossark (talk • contribs) 03:55, 27 November 2016 (UTC)

"Are we at war or at peace" citation

I'm quite unsure of my ability to deem a source "reliable", but I may have found a source that could be added:

"M. de Choiseul rapporte que M. hocquart, qui commandait l\'Alcide,
étant à portée de la voix du Dunkerque, de soixante canons, fit crier en
anglais: "Sommes-nous en paix ou en guerre ?" On lui répondit:
"Nous n'entendons point." M. Hocquart répéta lui-même la question
en Français, le capitaine Anglais répondit par deux fois: "La Paix !
La paix !" On connait ce qui s'ensuivit; malgré que le capitaine
anglais eut répondu: "En paix!" l\'Alcide et le Lys n'en furent pas
moins capturés aprés combat"

In English (via. Google Translate):
"M. de Choiseul reported that M. Hocquart, who commanded the Alcide,
being within hearing range of the Dunkirk, of sixty guns, made a cry in
English: "Are we at peace or at war?" They replied,
"We do not hear." M. Hocquart himself repeated the question
in French, the English captain replied twice: "Peace!
Peace!" We know what followed; despite the fact that the English
captain replied: "In peace!" the Alcide and the Lys were no
less captured after combat"

Obviously another improvement would be getting a translation from a real person rather than Google Translate, but it's a start.

Poccket (talk) 07:30, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

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