TWO NAVY VESSELS NAMED AS FLAGSHIPS FOR BONHOMME RICHARD SEARCH EXPEDITION

Sea Classics;  June 1, 2006 ;   Duprey, Susan;   408 words ......assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) and...destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53...the original Bonhomme Richard, which sank...Revolution, where John Paul Jones, an American...Iraq. "Capain John Paul Jones and the crew of Bonhomme ...

JOHN PAUL JONESBOOKS / Nonfiction

International Herald Tribune;  June 14, 2003 ;   Janet Maslin;   700 words ...00-00-0000 JOHN PAUL JONES Sailor...Evan Thomas's ''John Paul Jones'' promises...nes's frigate, the Bonhomme Richard, and a British...Eliot Morison's ''John Paul Jones: A Sailor...battle between the Bonhomme Richard and Serapis is...the man born John ...

Government protects wreck which might be John Paul Jones' ship

AP Worldstream;  July 18, 2002 ;     226 words ......experts believe may be the Bonhomme Richard, the legendary vessel commanded by John Paul Jones in the American...souvenir hunters. The Bonhomme Richard was built in France in...begun to fight. Though Bonhomme Richard sank, Jones got away to...is believed to be the ...

Hulk find may be John Paul Jones's flagship

The Scotsman;  October 9, 1998 ;   NIGEL BURNHAM;   380 words ......quest, could locate the Bonhomme Richard off the Yorkshire coast...legendary Scottish seaman, John Paul Jones, and sank in 1779...yesterday: "If this is the Bonhomme Richard, it would be a discovery...The recovery of the Bonhomme Richard would be like an ...

Britain Acts to Protect Warship That Once Humbled Royal Navy; Salvagers...

The Washington Post;  July 20, 2002 ;   T.R. Reid;   787 words ......American Commodore John Paul Jones uttered...Jones's ship, the Bonhomme Richard. The sea battle...safeguarding the Bonhomme Richard, they demonstrate...particularly generous to John Paul Jones. The contrasting...Jones pulled the Bonhomme Richard ...

Colonial hero of the high seas: against seemingly insurmountable odds,...

The New American;  January 27, 2003 ;   Anderson, Mark Samuel;   787 words ......his ship, the French-built Bonhomme Richard. A crew member spotted a...hoped they would witness the Bonhomme Richard's destruction. Many British...unbendable foe, Captain John Paul Jones, had once entertained...colonists' favor. Early Life John Paul Jones was born ...

Britain acts to save John Paul Jones' ship

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  July 28, 2002 ;   T.R. REID;   534 words ......American Commodore John Paul Jones attacked...flagship, the Bonhomme Richard. The sea battle...believed to be the Bonhomme Richard," said the arts...it is, in fact, John Paul Jones' ship. Will...safeguarding the Bonhomme Richard, they ...

Bonhomme Richard

The New York Public Library Book of Popular Americana;    Tad Tuleja;   31 words ...00-00-0000 Bonhomme Richard Bonhomme Richard John Paul JONES's flagship in his famous fight with the Serapis . Jones chose the name, which means roughly poor Richard, in honor of Benjamin FRANKLIN.

PROMISING RESULTS FROM SEARCH FOR JOHN PAUL JONES' SHIP

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 1, 2006 ;     563 words ......shipwreck search team looking for the remains of John Paul Jones famous ship Bonhomme Richard returned from a month-long expedition off the...Bonhomme Richard, captained by American naval hero John Paul Jones, sank in the North Sea after claiming...

John Paul Jones honored in transatlantic celebrations

Sea Power;  September 1, 1997 ;   Anonymous;   351 words ......birthday of naval hero John Paul Jones with commemorations...while he commanded the Bonhomme Richard. Jones rallied the crew...raising of the U.S. and the Bonhomme Richard flags. A ceremony the...area-including Sea Cadets of the John Paul Jones Division from ...

John Paul Jones, brave and oh so difficult

Chicago Sun-Times;  June 15, 2003 ;   Henry Kisor;   787 words ......Those stirring words John Paul Jones probably never said...quarterdeck of his foundering Bonhomme Richard off England's Flamborough...writes Evan Thomas in John Paul Jones: Sailor, Hero, Father...money owed the crew of the Bonhomme Richard for its victory, and ...

John Paul Jones: Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy

Naval War College Review;  January 1, 2005 ;   Cate, Alan;   527 words ...Thomas, Evan. John Paul Jones: Sailor, Hero, Father of...statesmen such as Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Ben Franklin, it also...belongs on this fierce list is John Paul Jones, the father of the American...the epic sea battle between his Bonhomme Richard and HMS Serapis, he ...

Race to find flagship of first US naval hero - in North Sea Teams from...

The Independent on Sunday;  May 28, 2006 ;   David Keys and Martin Hodgson;   652 words ......schoolchild knows that John Paul Jones, their country...resting place of the Bonhomme Richard, the 42-gun frigate...Filey Bay. The Bonhomme Richard has long been...has Nelson, and John Paul Jones plays the...is that of the Bonhomme Richard, said team ...

New search for John Paul Jones' ship

Capital (Annapolis);  June 22, 2006 ;   BERT HOUSTON For The Capital;   680 words ......project. He plans to find Bonhomme Richard, the battleship that sank...swashbuckling Scottish sailor John Paul Jones as he uttered the...way - the wreck of the Bonhomme Richard has never been found...we have to sort out the Bonhomme Richard from all the other ...

Investigators confident of finding long lost wreck of the Bonhomme Richard

Yorkshire Post;  July 28, 2006 ;     418 words ......possible locations for the wreck of the Bonhomme Richard. The vessel, flagship of Captain John Paul Jones, father of the US Navy is thought...be reckoned with. "John Paul Jones and Bonhomme Richard are as important to the US as Admiral...