Battle off Flamborough Head
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The Battle off Flamborough Head was a major 1779 naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War in which John Paul Jones’s Bonhomme Richard famously defeated the British warship HMS Serapis off the coast of England.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle off Flamborough Head canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3363129 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle off Flamborough Head Context triple: [HMS Serapis, notableEvent, Battle off Flamborough Head]
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Battle off Carrickfergus
The Battle off Carrickfergus was a 1778 naval engagement during the American Revolutionary War in which the Continental Navy sloop-of-war USS Ranger, commanded by John Paul Jones, fought and captured the British warship HMS Drake near the coast of Ireland.
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Battle off Cape Engaño
The Battle off Cape Engaño was a World War II naval engagement in October 1944 in which U.S. carrier forces decimated a Japanese decoy carrier group during the larger Battle of Leyte Gulf.
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The Brigs of Ayr
"The Brigs of Ayr" is a poem by Robert Burns that personifies the old and new bridges over the River Ayr in Scotland to reflect on change, progress, and local life.
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D.
Mutiny at the Nore
Mutiny at the Nore was a major 1797 Royal Navy sailors’ uprising at the Nore anchorage in the Thames Estuary, which posed a serious threat to British naval authority during the French Revolutionary Wars.
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E.
Glorious First of June
The Glorious First of June was a major naval battle of the French Revolutionary Wars in 1794, in which the British Royal Navy decisively defeated the French Atlantic fleet in the Atlantic Ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle off Flamborough Head Target entity description: The Battle off Flamborough Head was a major 1779 naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War in which John Paul Jones’s Bonhomme Richard famously defeated the British warship HMS Serapis off the coast of England.
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A.
Battle off Carrickfergus
The Battle off Carrickfergus was a 1778 naval engagement during the American Revolutionary War in which the Continental Navy sloop-of-war USS Ranger, commanded by John Paul Jones, fought and captured the British warship HMS Drake near the coast of Ireland.
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B.
Battle off Cape Engaño
The Battle off Cape Engaño was a World War II naval engagement in October 1944 in which U.S. carrier forces decimated a Japanese decoy carrier group during the larger Battle of Leyte Gulf.
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C.
The Brigs of Ayr
"The Brigs of Ayr" is a poem by Robert Burns that personifies the old and new bridges over the River Ayr in Scotland to reflect on change, progress, and local life.
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D.
Mutiny at the Nore
Mutiny at the Nore was a major 1797 Royal Navy sailors’ uprising at the Nore anchorage in the Thames Estuary, which posed a serious threat to British naval authority during the French Revolutionary Wars.
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E.
Glorious First of June
The Glorious First of June was a major naval battle of the French Revolutionary Wars in 1794, in which the British Royal Navy decisively defeated the French Atlantic fleet in the Atlantic Ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle of the American Revolutionary War
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naval battle ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Battle of Flamborough Head ⓘ |
| AmericanCommanderRank | captain ⓘ |
| associatedPerson | John Paul Jones ⓘ |
| associatedShipCaptain |
John Paul Jones
ⓘ
Richard Pearson ⓘ |
| belligerent | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| BritishCommanderRank | captain ⓘ |
| casualties | heavy on both sides ⓘ |
| coBelligerent | France ⓘ |
| combatantForce |
American–French squadron
ⓘ
British Baltic convoy escort ⓘ |
| commander |
John Paul Jones
ⓘ
Richard Pearson ⓘ |
| conflict | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
Great Britain
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| date | 1779-09-23 ⓘ |
| flagship | USS Bonhomme Richard ⓘ |
| followedBy | increased British concern over coastal defense ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
boosted American morale during the Revolutionary War
ⓘ
demonstrated reach of Continental Navy into British home waters ⓘ |
| location |
North Sea
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off Flamborough Head ⓘ off the coast of Yorkshire, England ⓘ |
| navalTactics | close-quarters combat and boarding actions ⓘ |
| near |
Bridlington Bay
ⓘ
Flamborough Head ⓘ |
| notableFor |
famous defiance attributed to John Paul Jones, “I have not yet begun to fight”
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victory of John Paul Jones over a superior British warship ⓘ |
| objective | attack and disrupt British merchant convoy ⓘ |
| opposingCommander |
John Paul Jones
ⓘ
Richard Pearson ⓘ |
| outcome |
Bonhomme Richard sunk after the battle
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HMS Countess of Scarborough captured ⓘ HMS Serapis captured by American squadron ⓘ |
| partOf | American naval operations in European waters ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier American raids on British shipping in 1779 ⓘ |
| result | American and French victory ⓘ |
| shipInvolved |
Alliance
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HMS Countess of Scarborough ⓘ HMS Serapis ⓘ Pallas ⓘ USS Bonhomme Richard ⓘ Vengeance ⓘ |
| theater | European waters ⓘ |
| year | 1779 ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle off Flamborough Head Description of subject: The Battle off Flamborough Head was a major 1779 naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War in which John Paul Jones’s Bonhomme Richard famously defeated the British warship HMS Serapis off the coast of England.
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