 | Charles Johnson - 1813 - 556 Seiten
...entirely of eigh. teen. pounders. " I had now remaining two enemies yet more formidable than the English, fire and water. The Serapis was attacked only by the first, but my ship was at'acked by them both. There was six feet of water in the hold; and though the wind was... | |
 | John Henry Sherburne - 1825 - 374 Seiten
...built on their most approved construction, with two complete batteries, one of them of 1 8 pounders, and commanded by the brave Commodore Richard Pearson....the Bon homme Richard was assailed by both : there were five feet water in the hold, and though it was moderate from the explosion of so much gunpowder,... | |
 | John Henry Sherburne - 1825 - 400 Seiten
...built on their most approved construction, with two complete batteries, one of them of 1 8 pounders, and commanded by the brave Commodore Richard Pearson....the Bon homme Richard was assailed by both : there were five feet water in the hold, and though it was moderate from the explosion of so much gunpowder,... | |
 | 1826 - 402 Seiten
...the old and crazy Bon Homme Richard and the British frigate Serapis, a new ship of forty-four guns, built on the most approved construction, with two complete batteries, one of them of eighteen pounders, and commanded by the brave Commodore Richard Pearson. A more desperate and sanguinary... | |
 | John Paul Jones - 1830 - 566 Seiten
...o'clock. t " This prize proved to be the British ship of war the Serapis, a new ship of forty-four guns, built on the most approved construction, with two complete batteries, one of them ofeighteenpounders, and commanded by the brave Commodore Richard Pearson. I had yet two enemies to... | |
 | John Frost - 1850 - 462 Seiten
...o'clock. " This prize proved to be the British ship of war the Serapis, a new ship of forty-four guns, built on the most approved construction, with two complete batteries, one of them eighteen-poundcrs, and commanded by the brave Commodore Richard Pearson. I had yet two enemies to encounter... | |
 | John Henry Sherburne - 1851 - 434 Seiten
...built on their most approved construction, with two complete batteries, one of them of 18 pounders, and commanded by the brave Commodore Richard Pearson....the Bon homme Richard was assailed by both : there were five feet water in the hold, and though it was moderate from the explosion of so much gunpowder,... | |
 | John Frost - 1853 - 822 Seiten
...o'clock. " This prize proved to be the British ship of war the Serapis, a new ship of forty-four guns, built on the most approved construction, with two...Britons, — I mean fire and water. The Serapis was attackecf only by the first, but the Bon Homme Richard was assailed by both ; there was five feet water... | |
 | 1855 - 624 Seiten
...o'clock "This prize proved to be the British ship of war, the Serapis, a new ship of forty-four guns, built on the most approved construction, with two complete batteries, one of them of eighteen-ponnders, and commanded by the brave Commodore Richard Pearson. I had yet two enemies to encounter,... | |
 | John Frost - 1857 - 853 Seiten
...o'clock. "This prize proved to be the British ship of war the Serapis, a new ship of forty-four guns, built on the most approved construction, with two...enemies to encounter, far more formidable than the Britons,—I mean fire and water. The Serapis was attacked only by the first, but the Bon Homme Richard... | |
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... and commanded by the brave Commodore Richard Pearson. I had yet two enemies to encounter, far more formidable than the Britons, — I mean fire and water. The Serapis was attacked only by the first, but the Bon Homme Richard was assailed by both... 
