The Battle of Flamborough Head (North Sea): Captain John Paul Jones, commanding the USS Bonhomme Richard, defeats HMSs Serapis and Countess of Scarborough, commanded by Captain Richard Pearson.
NOTE: The Bonhomme Richard was so badly damaged that Jones transferred his command to the Serapis.
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References:
Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, four volumes. (London: Cassell, 1956-58), 3:203.
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 27.
Battle of Flamborough Head – Wikipedia
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