Squadron Sails and Approaches the Yorkshire Coast
- When
- 14 August – 22 September 1779
- Where
- Groix off L'Orient to the Yorkshire coast
- Part of
- Battle of Flamborough Head
Jones's seven-ship squadron left Groix on 14 August 1779; on the evening of 22 September Bonhomme Richard and Vengeance turned north to rendezvous with Alliance and Pallas.
On 14 August 1779 a squadron of seven ships departed Groix off L'Orient in France, nominally under Captain John Paul Jones. On the evening of 22 September, Jones in Bonhomme Richard, accompanied by the brigantine Vengeance under Captain Philippe Nicolas Ricot, had been off Spurn Head hoping to catch prizes emerging from the Humber estuary, but decided to head northward during the night to rendezvous with his frigates Alliance and Pallas, which had parted company further up the coast. A discrepancy exists between Jones's official report and the ship's log over sending a schooner, possibly because the main squadron was moving to investigate a sighting near Flamborough Head.
Sources
- Battle of Flamborough Head Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-21
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