WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -John Paul Jones (born John Paul; July 6, 1747 – July 18, 1792) was a Scottish-American naval captain who was the United States’ first well-known naval commander in the American Revolutionary War.

Detailed explanation-2: -Esek Hopkins, commander-in-chief of the continental navy during the American revolution, 1775 to 1778, | Library of Congress.

Detailed explanation-3: -The battle saw Captain John Paul Jones in command of USS Bonhomme Richard, a French merchant ship refitted for battle, take on the British frigate HMS Serapis. Jones’ intention was to attack a large merchant convoy off of the coast of East Yorkshire until HMS Serapis interceded and allowed the convoy to get away.

Detailed explanation-4: -John Paul Jones is famous in the United States as the ‘Father of the American Navy’. He was born in poverty and through his skills became a distinguished naval officer fighting for both the USA and Russia. In Britain he is rather remembered as a pirate.

Detailed explanation-5: -John Paul Jones, original name John Paul, (born July 6, 1747, Kirkbean, Kirkcudbright, Scotland-died July 18, 1792, Paris, France), American naval hero in the American Revolution, renowned for his victory over British ships of war off the east coast of England (September 23, 1779).