A fact from List of fireships of the Royal Navy appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 May 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the Royal Navy has tended to name its fireships(examples pictured) after subjects related to volcanoes or fire?
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