A fact from HMS Whiting (1805) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 January 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that in the first naval engagement of the War of 1812, the American privateerDash captured HMS Whiting but the US released her, telling her captain to leave American waters as soon as possible?
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