A fact from Russian cutter Opyt (1806) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 August 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that when Lieutenant Nevelskoy of the 14-gun Opyt surrendered to Captain Bathurst of the 42-gun frigate HMS Salsette, Bathurst returned Nevelskoy's sword because of the heroic fight he had put up?
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