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A fact from Keith Foulger appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 August 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that part of Keith Foulger's job was to make sure the front and back ends of Britain's first nuclear submarine fitted together?

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The result was: promoted by Kingsif (talk) 19:18, 11 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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HMS Dreadnought

... that Keith Foulger worked on Britain's first nuclear submarine (pictured) and the 18th-century ship-of-the-line HMS Victory? "His important task was to ensure that the aft end of Britain’s first nuclear submarine, Dreadnought, which was identical to the USS Skipjack and housed the American S5W reactor, would fit the British-designed fore end ... For 10 years after his formal retirement, Foulger was chief naval architect on HMS Victory, overseeing her restoration and repair" from: "Keith Foulger, naval constructor who worked on the UK's nuclear submarine fleet – obituary". The Telegraph. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ALT1:... that part of Keith Foulger's job was to make sure the front and back ends of Britain's first nuclear submarine (pictured) fitted together? Source:as above

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Francis Ingram

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 16:18, 29 July 2021 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Picture's not the best. I would have used the one of HMS Victory Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:51, 1 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]