The Battle of Flamborough Head

On September 23rd, 1779, an American revolutionary named John Paul Jones led five French ships in an attack on a convoy of some fifty trading vessels near Bridlington. Although the convoy was successfully defended by two British warships including HMS Serapis, the captain of Serapis was forced to surrender – a tactical victory for the Americans, but a strategic draw.

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