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HMS Serapis (1779)
HMS ''Serapis'' was a Royal Navy two-decked, fifth rate. Randall & Brent built her at Greenland South Dockyard, Rotherhithe〔Rankin (2004).〕 and launched her in 1779. She was armed with 44 guns (twenty 18-pounders, twenty 9-pounders, and four 6-pounders). ''Serapis'' was named after the god Serapis in Greek and Egyptian mythology. The Americans captured her during the American Revolutionary War. They transferred her to the French, who commissioned her as a privateer. She was lost off Madagascar in 1781 to a fire.
==American Revolutionary War battle==
(詳細はCaptain Richard Pearson. On 23 September she engaged the American warship under the command of Captain John Paul Jones in the North Sea at Flamborough Head, England. At the time of this battle, the ship carried 50 guns, having an extra six 6-pounders.〔Sea of Glory〕 The two vessels exchanged heavy fire and ''Bonhomme Richard'' lost most of her firepower, but by attaching the two ships together, Jones was able to overcome much of Pearson's advantage of greater firepower (although the ''Bonhomme Richard'' was a larger ship with a considerably greater crew).〔Crocker (2004), p.65.〕 The famous quote, "I have not yet begun to fight!"〔 was Jones's response to Pearson's premature call for ''Bonhomme Richard'' to surrender. The battle raged on for three hours as the crew of ''Bonhomme Richard'' tenaciously fought ''Serapis'', raking her deck with gunfire. Eventually, , a frigate in Jones's squadron, began firing at both the attached ships indiscriminately. ''Bonhomme Richard'' began to sink, but Captain Pearson, unable to aim his guns at the frigate because he was tied to Jones's ship, surrendered, handing ''Serapis'' over to the Americans.〔
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