Obi-Two (Sir Zephyr, BKotV) on Nostr: The ending of the battle is the most unbelievable part. John Paul Jones had won, but ...

The ending of the battle is the most unbelievable part. John Paul Jones had won, but his own ship was beyond saving. The Bonhomme Richard was so shattered that it slowly sank over the next day, and Jones had to move his victorious crew onto the captured Serapis and sail away in the enemy's ship, because his own had gone to the bottom. He won the battle and lost his vessel, all at once.