John Paul Jones
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started out in the West Indies trade as a merchant
skipper. He then joined the Continental Navy, and quikly worked imself up
to the rank of captian. He loved sailing the open sea, and there wasn't
much he enjoyed more than it.
There were really only a couple of events that made John Paul Jo ....
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.... in morale.
It had been over a hundred years since somone had raided an English seaport,
and where was the Royal Navy, who was supposed to keep these things from
happening?
The other event was the Battle off Flambrough Head. A Baltic convoy
escorted by two British ships was sailing past Flamborough Head, and since
Jones had always wanted to break up a Baltic convly, that's exactly what he
planned to do.
Jones had three warships under his command compared to the two British
escorts. ....
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