The NUMA team was recently back on the high seas renewing the search for the Bonhomme Richard. The celebrated flagship of John Paul Jones was lost shortly after his momentous victory at the Battle of Flamborough Head in 1779, succumbing to fire and damage from the battle.
With a chartered boat, we took to the North Sea and continued to extend the boundaries of our prior survey grids off the Yorkshire coast of England. The weather was unusually favorable during the expedition, but the same couldn’t be said of our vessel, which provided a few hiccups along the way. Nevertheless, we covered another 60 square miles and located one target that warrants further examination. The shipwreck is still proving elusive, but hopefully we are one step closer to locating her.