A fact from HMS Monsieur (1780) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 November 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that brandy and wine seized from a Dutch ship on 18 August 1779 changed hands during the night, as the captain of the Monsieur and the squadron leader, John Paul Jones, both claimed it for themselves?
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