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  • Experts seek to find famous wreck [Bonhomme Richard!]

    06/22/2006 6:38:09 AM PDT · by Pharmboy · 29 replies · 986+ views
    BBC ^ | 6-22-04 | Anon
    The Bonhomme Richard sank in about 180ft of water Experts have expressed confidence that they can find the sunken wreck of the ship made famous by legendary Solway born sailor John Paul Jones next month. The Bonhomme Richard went down in 1779 off Flamborough Head in East Yorkshire as Jones famously said: "Surrender - I have not yet begun to fight." Several bids have been made to recover the ship captained by a man credited as the founding father of the US Navy. Now underwater archaeology experts will use hi-tech methods to try to find it. Dr Robert Neyland,...