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The result was: promoted by Gatoclass (talk) 16:33, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

HMS Active (1758)

 * ... that in May 1762, the crew of HMS Active earned more than 33 years of wages from the capture of a single Spanish vessel?


 * ALT1:... that a crew member of HMS Active earned so much prize money in 1762 that he bought a gold watch and melted it in a frying pan to amuse his friends?
 * Reviewed: Baby Huwae
 * Comment: Apologies for the predominantly offline sources - there are not many digitised records for eighteenth century ships.
 * ALT2:... that the crew of HMS Active (1758) earned so much prize money in May 1762 that one seaman bought a gold watch and melted it in a frying pan to amuse his friends?

5x expanded by Euryalus (talk). Self-nominated at 12:43, 7 July 2016 (UTC).

Article was expanded 5x in past 5 days; article is long enough and has adequately references (though some sources are off-line) with no evidence of plagiarism; hook is appropriate length with off-line reference taken in good faith; ALT 1 & 2 also meet DYK hook standards, but I think original hook is best option because it expresses prize amount in terms of annual income while the other two hooks are simple anecdotes about what one seam did with his share. QPQ was done.--Orygun (talk) 06:36, 9 July 2016 (UTC)