Continental Navy Archives - The P.A.S. Report

Episode Description

How did John Paul Jones capture HMS Serapis when his own ship, Bonhomme Richard, was on fire and took on water? The Battle of Flamborough Head turned disaster into one of the American Revolution’s most remarkable naval victories.

In this episode of America’s Founding Series on The P.A.S. Report Podcast, Professor Nick Giordano tells the story of a Scottish sailor who took the war to Britain’s shores. As America marks its 250th anniversary, discover how Jones faced a more powerful Royal Navy warship, changed tactics after his heaviest guns failed, and refused to surrender.

What You’ll Learn In This Episode:

The Scottish sailor: How a gardener’s son became an American naval captain and challenged Britain near its own shores.
Disaster at Flamborough Head: How two of Bonhomme Richard’s heaviest cannons exploded and cost Jones his best chance in a gun duel.
The tactical death grip: How Jones turned a collision with HMS Serapis into a close-range fight that reduced Britain’s firepower advantage.
“I Have Not Yet Begun to Fight”: What the accounts reveal about Captain Richard Pearson’s surrender demand and Jones’s defiance.
The lesson for today: Why Jones’s resolve still matters when a plan collapses and defeat seems inevitable.

Jones lost Bonhomme Richard, but he and his crew captured the warship that nearly destroyed her. His victory reminds us that a failed plan does not have to end the fight.

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Episode Description

Abraham Whipple: When the Impossible Burned tells the story of the man who shattered the British Empire’s illusion of invincibility. Discover how ordinary Americans challenged the world’s most powerful empire before independence was even declared.

In this episode of America’s Founding Series on The P.A.S. Report Podcast, the story of Abraham Whipple comes alive through the daring raid on the HMS Gaspee, the rise of American resistance, and the mindset that helped make the Revolution possible. This episode goes beyond a history lesson to show how courage, risk, and action turned the impossible into reality. As a result, men like Whipple shaped the American founding.

What You’ll Learn

How Abraham Whipple helped shatter the myth of British naval invincibility
Why the burning of the Gaspee was a turning point on the road to the American Revolution
How ordinary men, not just famous founders, helped build the United States
What Whipple’s story reveals about courage, risk, and taking action before success is guaranteed
Why the lesson of America’s founding still matters as the nation approaches its 250th anniversary

At a time when many feel our core principles are being chipped away, Abraham Whipple’s story is a reminder that the greatest barrier to our future isn’t power. It’s the belief that power is permanent. Join me as we uncover the grit of our true founders.

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