This man rose to the rank of mate while involved in the slave trade, but settled in America after killing a mutinous sailor.
This man rose to the rank of mate while involved in the slave trade, but settled in America after killing a mutinous sailor. Late in his life he served as an admiral in the Russian navy against the Turks, but is better-known for his exploits against the British, including spiking the guns of his old home port Whitehaven and capturing the HMS Drake. FTP, who is this admiral who defeated the HMS Serapis with his ship the Bonhomme Richard, best-known for the quote "I have not yet begun to fight"?
This man rose to the rank of mate while involved in the slave trade, but settled in America after killing a mutinous sailor.
John Paul Jones (or John Paul)