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Bonhomme Richard, formerly Duc de Duras, was a warship in the American Continental Navy named for Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. She was originally an East Indiaman, a merchant ship built in France for the French East India Company in 1765, for service between France and Asia. She was placed at the disposal of John Paul Jones on 4 February ...
USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-10), was an aircraft carrier renamed Yorktown in 1943 prior to launch. USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31), was an Essex -class aircraft carrier that saw action at the end of World War II, throughout the Korean War, and through the Vietnam War. USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6), was a Wasp -class amphibious assault ship that was ...
Bonhomme Richard. Bonhomme Richard or Bon Homme Richard, meaning good man Richard in French, may refer to: USS Bonhomme Richard, several ships of the United States. Les Maximes du Bonhomme Richard, the French title of Poor Richard's Almanack, for which the ships were named. A pseudonym of Benjamin Franklin.
Right next to that bow, still, was Bonhomme Richard ' s stern. As much lethal shot hit Jones's men as Pearson’s, and metal also flew along Bonhomme Richard ' s gun deck, killing some of the remaining gunners and wrecking several gun-carriages. Landais then continued on his way. [8] After that, Bonhomme Richard started definitively losing the ...
Poor Richard's Almanack (sometimes Almanac) was a yearly almanac published by Benjamin Franklin, who adopted the pseudonym of "Poor Richard" or "Richard Saunders" for this purpose. The publication appeared continually from 1732 to 1758. It sold exceptionally well for a pamphlet published in the Thirteen Colonies; print runs reached 10,000 per year.
The "Serapis" or "John Paul Jones" flag. Serapis is a name given to an unconventional, early United States ensign flown from 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 own ship, the Bonhomme Richard, sank, and her ensign had been blown from the mast into the sea during the battle.
e. USS Constitution in 1997. This is a list of sailing frigates of the United States Navy. Frigates were the backbone of the early Navy, although the list shows that many suffered unfortunate fates. The sailing frigates of the United States built from 1797 on were unique in that their framing was made of American live oak, a particularly hardy ...
[19] Upon raking the Serapis, the crew of the Bonhomme Richard led by Jones boarded the British ship and captured her. Likewise, the French frigate Pallas captured Countess of Scarborough. Two days later, Bonhomme Richard sank from the overwhelming amount of damage that she had sustained. The action was an embarrassing defeat for the Royal Navy.