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Sailing in Scotland: Scottish sailors, Yacht clubs in Scotland, John Paul Jones, Alexander Selkirk, John Grierson, Harry McNish, Charles Rawden Maclea
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| Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 41. Chapters: Scottish sailors, Yacht clubs in Scotland, John Paul Jones, Alexander Selkirk, John Grierson, Harry McNish, Charles Rawden Maclean, Rikki Fulton, William McMaster Murdoch, John Robison, George Duff, W. D. M. Bell, Archibald Menzies, William Balfour Baikie, James Redmond, David Milne, Hugh Clapperton, David Blair, Sandy Glen, Alexander Cochrane, John Wood, Arnold Clark, William Wright, Robert Barton of Over Barnton, George Glas, Royal Findhorn Yacht Club, Allan Gordon, Admiral John McClure, David Broadfoot, John MacGillivray, Murdo Stewart MacDonald, George Hamilton-Gordon, 6th Earl of Aberdeen, William Marshall Smart, West Highland Yachting Week, East Lothian Yacht Club, David Deas, Andrew Barton, James Gerald Gulliver, Ian Mackintosh, Andrew Wood of Largo, Robert Hay, Alexander Hamilton, John Lizars, Albert Armitage, John Cameron, Lord Cameron, William Grant Milne. Excerpt: John Paul Jones (July 6, 1747) ¿ July 18, 1792)) was the United States' first well-known naval fighter in the American Revolutionary War. Although he made enemies among America's political elites, his actions in British waters during the Revolution earned him an international reputation which persists to this day. During his engagement with HMS Serapis, Jones uttered, according to the later recollection of his first lieutenant, the legendary reply to a taunt about surrender from the British captain: "I have not yet begun to fight!" John Paul (he added "Jones" later) was born on the estate of Arbigland near Kirkbean in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright on the southwest coast of Scotland. His father, John Paul (Sr.), was a gardener at Arbigland, and his mother was named Jean Duff. His parents married on November 29, 1733 in New Abbey, Kirkcudbright. John Paul started his maritime career at the age of 13, sailing out of Whitehaven in the northern English county of Cumberland, as apprentice aboard the Friendship under Captain Benson. Paul's older brother had married and settled in Fredericksburg, Virginia, the destination of many of the youngster's early voyages. For several years John sailed aboard a number of different British merchant and slaver ships, including the King George in 1764 as third mate, and the Two Friends as first mate in 1766. After a short time in this business, he became disgusted with the cruelty in the slave trade, and in 1768 he abandoned his prestigious position on the profitable Two Friends while docked in Jamaica. He found his own passage back to Scotland, and eventually obtained another position. During his next voyage aboard the brig John, which sailed from port in 1768, young John Paul¿s career was quickly and unexpectedly advanced when both the captain and a ranking mate suddenly died of yellow fever. John managed to successfully navigate the ship back to a safe port and in reward for this impressive feat, the vessel¿s grateful Scottish owner |
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