Template:Did you know nominations/French corvette Alecton

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The result was: promoted by ~ Rob^Talk 19:19, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

French corvette Alecton[edit]

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Crew of the French corvette Alecton try and haul a giant squid aboard their ship

... that French corvette Alecton (pictured) attacked a giant squid in 1861 inspiring the fictionalized squid attack in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea?

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Babette Haag

Created by Esemono (talk). Self-nominated at 14:41, 12 July 2015 (UTC).

Brand new and long enough. Neutral. No copyvios. Hook clearly verified in article. Interesting little factoid. Craiger19 (talk) 15:13, 12 July 2015 (UTC)