Template:Did you know nominations/HMS Grasshopper (T85)

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The result was: promoted by BlueMoonset (talk) 01:04, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

HMS Grasshopper (T85)[edit]

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... that after HMS Grasshopper (pictured) was sunk following the Battle of Singapore, two of the crew managed to sail 2,680 miles (4,310 km) to India using a map torn out of a child's atlas?

Reviewed: Double Seven (soft drink)

5x expanded by Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Miyagawa (talk). Nominated by Miyagawa (talk) at 19:28, 18 September 2013 (UTC).

Neutral, sourced, hook is in article, picture is free, picture is in article, looks good at small size, hook is less than 200 characters, nominator has reviewed another article, no copyright violations detected, expanded 5x, and hook is interesting.--v/r - T P 23:51, 23 September 2013 (UTC)