Talk:SS Stonington

Attribution note: This article was created with most of its content taken from SS Narragansett. Yngvadottir (talk) 01:57, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

Proposed merge with SS Narragansett

Neither of these ships have notability outside of the collision they were involved in, so I propose merging the two pages into a single page titled something like Stonington-Narragansett collision or Stonington steamship disaster (whatever the precedent is for accidents of this nature). The text of both articles is largely the same, but trimming them down to the content that directly references the relevant ship would make for two very short perma-stubs. clpo13_(talk) 22:34, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

This is a good idea, Clpo13. I like Stonington-Narragansett collision as a title (or Narragansett-Stonington). If no one objects I'll probably merge and move them soon. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 22:29, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

I've realized this probably isn't the best way to do it. The Stonington got away with no casualties. In similar situations, it seems that the unscathed ship doesn't usually get an article: Lady Elgin but not Augusta, La Bourgogne but not Cromartyshire. So I would suggest merging this article back into SS Narragansett from whence it came. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 00:32, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

That's fine with me. I don't think there's any information here that needs merging, though, so I'll go ahead and redirect the page. clpo13_(talk) 17:53, 19 June 2016 (UTC)