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28 de oct. de 2020 · Updated on October 28, 2020. Scottish by birth, Commodore John Paul Jones became the new United States' first naval hero during the American Revolution (1775-1783). Beginning his career as a merchant sailor and, later, captain, he was forced to flee to the North American colonies after killing a member of his crew in self defense.
Date of Birth - Death July 6, 1747 - July 18, 1792. John Paul Jones was born on July 6th, 1747, in Kirkbean, Scotland where his father was the head gardener of the Arbigland Estate. John was born as “John Paul” but will add Jones later in his life. He was born the fourth child of seven and one of only five of such made it to adulthood.
11 de jun. de 2022 · John Paul Jones continued his patrol of the New England coast until July of 1777 when he took charge of the newly-built Ranger. Named in honor of American riflemen, the Ranger was a specially constructed warship and not a converted merchant vessel. On November 1, 1777, the Ranger set sail for France.
Just outside the harbor, at a distance of less than 150 feet, the two frigates exchanged furious broadsides, then Shannon sailed into a raking position and sent devastating fire along the full length of Chesapeake’s spar deck. Lawrence, mortally wounded, issued his last, futile command, “Don’t give up the ship!”.
Leading a squadron of five ships, Jones attacked the coast of Ireland and then sailed north around the tip of Scotland to a point off the coast of Northern England where on September 23, 1779 he encountered a large merchant convoy escorted by two British naval vessels. The stage was set for John Paul Jones’s most famous naval battle.
John Baldwin, meglio noto come John Paul Jones (Sidcup, 3 gennaio 1946), è un polistrumentista e compositore britannico. Particolarmente noto per la militanza nei Led Zeppelin nel doppio ruolo di bassista e tastierista, è un musicista molto rispettato nella scena musicale mondiale per le sue indubbie qualità ed è stato fin dalla giovinezza un ricercatissimo turnista e arrangiatore.
Vol. 54/7/305. A QUARTER of a century before the long, complex, and masterly campaign of Pitt made Trafalgar possible, John Paul Jones, operating in European waters, was carrying out plans of equal world influence. Trafalgar determined affairs in the Old World, in immediately securing England, and the eventual downfall of Napoleon’s bid for ...
