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A fact from James Young (Royal Navy officer, born 1762) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 August 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Captain James Young's capture of a Spanish frigate in 1799 (illustrated) brought each of his seamen the equivalent of ten years pay in prize money?

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