Thanks Barry, that's great. The only thing that puzzles me is the reference to the Pierce. The British ships were The Countess of Scarborough and the Seraphis. Could it be a reference to Captain Pearson, the British commander, I wonder? Jones managed to capture the Seraphis but the Scarborough was sunk along with Jones's Bonhomme Richard (I believe that a search was undertaken to find her fairly recently - not sure what the result was).