HMS Serapis (1779)
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HMS Serapis was a Royal Navy two-decked, Roebuck-class fifth-rate. Randall & Company built her at Deptford Dockyard, Greenwich and launched her in March, 1779. She was originally armed with 44 guns. S
Defence of Captn Pearson in his Majesty’s Ship Serapis and the Countess of Scarborough Arm’d Ship Captn Piercy, against Paul Jones's Squadron, 23 September 1779, by Richard Paton.
John Paul Jones
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John Paul Jones was a British-American naval officer who served in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War. Often referred to as the "Father of the American Navy", Jones is regarded
HMS Serapis (1779)
…commissioned in June 1779 under Captain Richard Pearson. On 23 September she engaged the American warship USS Bonhomme Richard under the command of Captain John Paul Jones in the North Sea at Flamborough Head, England. At the time of this battle, the ship carried 46 guns, mounting 2 additional six 6-pounders. The two…
Portrait c. 1890, based on a work of c. 1781
The birthplace and original home of John Paul Jones in Arbigland in southern Scotland
The "John Paul Jones House" in Fredericksburg, Virginia, a new building on the site of a house owned by his brother William Paul
A portrait of Whitehaven, on the northwest coast of England, by Matthias Read completed between 1730 and 1735