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This is certainly one of the best stories and Jones' experience as an admiral for Empress Catherine the Great is another one; he managed once again to inspire a group of officers who were jealous of his command and one another to defeat a much larger Turkish fleet in the two battles of Liman on the 6th and 17th of June, 1788 in the Black Sea. It's a pity that he later died of pneumonia in Paris, while awaiting the arrival of two new commissions from President Washington. He was only 47 when he died, and could have played a major role in rebuilding the U.S. Navy and training her officers.

I wonder how he would have got on with Lord Thomas Cochrane, had he survived another 20 years. Cochrane was another inspiring naval officer who also found it difficult to fit in with the navy establishment.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble