"Bonhomme Richard?" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 01 Apr 2019 5:11 a.m. PST |
A British raconteur says he found the wreckage of Capt. John Paul Jones' flagship, USS Bonhomme Richard, but across the Atlantic historians and Navy officials aren't as certain… link |
| advocate | 01 Apr 2019 7:03 a.m. PST |
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| 4DJones | 01 Apr 2019 11:11 a.m. PST |
Maybe story-tellers tell tall stories about history on April 1st? (No relation). |
| Wherethestreetshavnoname | 01 Apr 2019 12:12 p.m. PST |
That word does not mean what the author thinks it means. |
| Sundance | 01 Apr 2019 12:29 p.m. PST |
This is an older story. They claim they've found the Bonhomme Richard, but offer no evidence it is the Bonhomme Richard beyond the supposed correlation of locations of where it was believed to have sunk with where the wreckage was found. |
| Musketballs | 01 Apr 2019 2:54 p.m. PST |
The historians have not yet begun to fight… |
Scafcom1  | 02 Apr 2019 10:10 p.m. PST |
And then there is this article, in French, about the finding of a 1765 frigate.
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