The Battle of Flamborough Head was a naval battle that took place on 23 September 1779 in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire between a combined Franco-American...

Flamborough Head (/ˈflæmbərə/) is a promontory, 8 miles (13 km) long on the Yorkshire coast of England, between the Filey and Bridlington bays of the...

approximately 180 feet (55 m) of water off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, a headland near where her final battle took place. The quantity of other wrecks in the area...

Force base HMS Flamborough Head, a British Royal Navy ship Battle of Flamborough Head, a naval battle Flamborough Head Lighthouse Flamborough (disambiguation)...

As part of the campaign, he raided the English town of Whitehaven, won the North Channel Naval Duel and fought at the Battle of Flamborough Head, gaining...

the captured British frigate Serapis. At the September 23, 1779 Battle of Flamborough Head, U.S. Navy Captain John Paul Jones captured the Serapis, but his...

Concord: The Battle heard round the world (1st ed.). New York: W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-24574-5. Chidsey, Donald Barr (1966). The siege of Boston;...

Jones allegedly said "I have not yet begun to fight!" during the Battle of Flamborough Head. Born in Scotland as John Paul, he emigrated to the United States...

Bridlington, sighted ships rounding Flamborough Head to the north. The oncoming vessels were part of a convoy of over 40 British merchantmen which had...

during the Battle of Flamborough Head. The Cowpens flag was depicted as being carried by the 3rd Maryland Regiment at the Battle of Cowpens (while proven...

mid-1774. A British attempt to disarm the Americans and the resulting Battles of Lexington and Concord in April 1775 ignited the war. In June, the Second...

Texel was used as a haven port by John Paul Jones after the Battle of Flamborough Head off the Yorkshire coast in September 1779. In that action, Jones...

siege of Fort Mifflin. John Paul Jones was a captain in the Continental Navy and famously took captive HMS Serapis during the Battle of Flamborough Head after...

in the Battle of Flamborough Head on 23 September 1779, one of the most celebrated naval actions of the American War of Independence. This battle is famous...

the British. September 23 – American Revolutionary War – Battle of Flamborough Head – The American ship Bonhomme Richard, commanded by John Paul Jones...

– American Revolutionary War: Siege of Savannah September 23 – American Revolution – Battle of Flamborough Head: The American ship Bonhomme Richard,...

October 3) Battle of Newtown (August 29) Siege of Savannah (September 16 – October 18) Battle of Baton Rouge (September 21) Battle of Flamborough Head (September...

defeat the British. 23 September – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Flamborough Head off the Yorkshire coast: The American ship Bonhomme Richard, commanded...

top of the Bonhomme Richard during her battle with HMS Serapis on September 23, 1779, off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. The Battle of Flamborough Head resulted...

Below is a list of recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor bestowed by the United States Congress. Congressional Silver...

commander of the United States, on board the USS Bonhomme Richard, wins the Battle of Flamborough Head. 1803 – Second Anglo-Maratha War: The Battle of Assaye...

This is a chronological list of battles involving the Kingdom of France (987–1792). For pre-987 battles, see List of battles involving the Franks and Francia...

were part of the crew of the USS Bonhomme Richard during the Battle of Flamborough Head in 1779. Another four Asian-Americans, who are well-documented...

of Fort New Richmond 21 September - Spanish capture the area Battle of Flamborough Head 23 September - Pyrrhic Franco-American victory Second Battle of...

Martinique 1779 23 September Battle of Flamborough Head – British Captains Richard Pearson and Thomas Piercy save convoy of 41 merchant ships; Captain John...

were listed as one of the many ethnicities who were part of the crew of the USS Bonhomme Richard during the Battle of Flamborough Head, in the North Sea...

Jones) is a bright-eyed, red-headed teenage girl from England who travels to the Thirteen Colonies in 1773 at age 15 in search of her father, Major Phillips...

Serapis (1779) in the Battle of Flamborough Head. Partway through the battle, with the rigging of the two ships entangled, and several guns of Jones' ship Bonhomme...

confrontation of the British captain Richard Pearson and the American captain John Paul Jones, occurring on 23 September 1779, during the Battle of Flamborough Head...

ship-to-ship, such as the Battle of Valcour Island and famed Battle of Flamborough Head. Marksmen would perch in the upper rigging and masts of the ship to fire...