Template:Did you know nominations/HMS Volage (1869)

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The result was: promoted by Orlady (talk) 23:46, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

HMS Volage (1869)

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• ... that the British corvette HMS Volage transported a party of astronomers to the Kerguelen Islands in the southern Indian Ocean in 1874 to observe the Transit of Venus?

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Created/expanded by Sturmvogel 66 (talk). Self nom at 22:26, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

• Length and date of creation both check out okay. No checks carried out for copyvio or plaguarism as all sources are offline. Hook fact AGF. Good to go. Harrias ^talk 12:53, 11 March 2012 (UTC)