The USS BONHOMME RICHARD 1779 model ship PLANS & PHOTOS * Battle of Flamborough Head * SUPERsmHEROES
Channel: Funniest SuperHeroes
Date: 2022-11-01

You can purchase BONHOMME RICHARD - 1779 plans from their creator:
https://ancre.fr/en/monograph/54-monographie-du-bonhomme-richard-1779.html#/langue-21_plans_le_bonhomme_richard_au_1_36e_no_sails

2:30 - Battle of Flamborough Head
2:33 - USS BONHOMME RICHARD 1779 ship plans
2:59 - USS BONHOMME RICHARD 1779 model ship photos
4:17 - Search for the wreck

Bonhomme Richard, formerly Duc de Duras, was a warship in the American Continental Navy named for Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. She was originally an East Indiaman, a merchant ship built in France for the French East India Company in 1765, for service between France and Asia. She was placed at the disposal of John Paul Jones on 4 February 1779, by King Louis XVI of France as a result of a loan to the United States by French shipping magnate Jacques-Donatien Le Ray.

Name: Bonhomme Richard
Namesake: Benjamin Franklin
Builder: French East India Company
Laid down: 1765
In service: 4 February 1779
Out of service: 25 September 1779
Fate: Sunk by HMS Serapis

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
Tonnage: 998
Length: 152 ft (46 m)
Beam: 40 ft (12 m)
Draft: 19 ft (5.8 m)
Propulsion: Sail
Complement: 380 officers and enlisted
Armament:
- 28 x 12-pound smoothbore
- 6 x 18-pound smoothbore
- 8 x 9-pound smoothbore

Naval artillery in the Age of Sail:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28nJgSyESWs

Ship Model drawings - USS BONHOMME RICHARD 1779

(Source: Ancre)
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