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The Battle of Flamborough Head
Thu 14 May
|St Mary's Church, Beverley
A talk by Margaret Hick Clarke
Time & Location
14 May 2026, 19:00 – 21:00
St Mary's Church, Beverley, N Bar Within, Beverley HU17 8DL, UK
About the event
The Battle of Flamborough Head was a naval battle that took place on 23 September 1779 in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire between a combined Franco-American squadron, led by Continental Navy officer John Paul Jones, and two British escort vessels protecting a large merchant convoy.
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