A fact from SS Mahratta (1917) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 November 2008, and was viewed approximately 2,945 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that when the SS Mahratta ran aground on the Goodwin Sands in 1939, it settled on top of a ship that had sunk thirty years earlier and was also named Mahratta?
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I personally don't see what the fuck is ironic about the final resting place of the SS Mahratta. There's no reason to use Canadian English in this article.
Irate of England. Uh, I mean Zetetic Apparatchik (talk) 14:47, 15 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
More seriously, I do think it's kind of silly of point out to the reader the possible cosmic irony in the situation and half-abuse the poor word. Less Irate. Zetetic Apparatchik (talk) 14:50, 15 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
