John Paul Jones

Part I of Essay
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 even ....

Part II of Essay
.... 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. He soon realized after chasing the convoy, that he would have to sink the escorts ot get a crack at the convoy. when the battle ....