The Serapis
The Serapis
Serapis
Serapis
The Serapis surrendered to John Paul jones
The Countess of Scarborough was a 22-gun ship that the Royal Navy hired in 1777. It was used against privateers before it was captured by an American flotilla in 1779.
French ship Auguste was created in 1779-03.
The ship defeated by the Bonhommie Richard was ship Serapis 1779 _1747-1792.
John Paul Jones, naval commander, exclaimed, "I have not yet begun to fight!" On September 23, 1779, Jones engaged the British in battle. Jones' ship took heavy fire. The commander of the British ship, the Serapis, called on Jones to surrender, but Jones refused to surrender. He was finally able to defeat the British with the aid of a second small American ship.
why british came to trinidad
December 19, 1779
1779
John Paul Jones, a Navy officer, refused to give up his ship in a Naval battle with the British in the Revolutionary War. This ended up being a pivotal victory.